? Bobtail snipe eels
Cyema atrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Saccopharyngiformes Family: Cyematidae Genus: Cyema Neocyema Species: C. atrum N. erythrosoma
Binomial name
Cyema atrum Günther, 1878
Neocyema erythrosoma Castle, 1978

The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae. They are small elongate fishes, growing up to 16 cm long. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (rhombozoans) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... Families Cyematidae Saccopharyngidae Eupharyngidae Monognathidae Saccopharyngiformes is an order of unusual ray-finned fish superficially similar to eels, but with many internal differences. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther. ...

They are bathypelagic (deep-water ocean-dwellers) and have been found down to 5,000 m. They are found in all oceans. The pelagic zone is the part of the open sea or ocean comprising the water column, i. ...

J. S. Nelson classifies them with the true eels in the order Anguilliformes, but FishBase classifies them with the gulper eels in the order Saccopharyngiformes. The Anguilliformes (true eels) are an order of bony fishes. ... The Anguilliformes (true eels) are an order of bony fishes. ... FishBase is a comprehensive database of information about fish. ... Binomial name Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant, 1882 The gulper eel, Eurypharynx pelecanoides, is a deep-sea fish rarely seen by humans, though the creatures are occasionally snagged in fishermens nets. ... Families Cyematidae Saccopharyngidae Eupharyngidae Monognathidae Saccopharyngiformes is an order of unusual ray-finned fish superficially similar to eels, but with many internal differences. ...

Cyema atrum is black; Neocyema erythrosoma is bright red.

References

• Cyema atrum (TSN 161632). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 April 2006.
• "Cyematidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• Cyema atrum. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• Neocyema erythrosoma. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.