Bobtail snipe eel

Bobtail snipe eels
Cyema atrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Saccopharyngiformes
Suborder:	Cyematoidei
Family:	Cyematidae
Genera
Cyema Neocyema

The bobtail snipe eels are two species of deep-sea fishes in the family Cyematidae, one only in each of two genera. They are small elongate fishes, growing up to 16 centimeters (6 inches) long.

They are bathypelagic (deep-water ocean-dwellers) and have been found down to 5,000 meters (16,400 feet). They are found in all oceans.

J. S. Nelson classifies them with the true eels in the order Anguilliformes^{[citation needed]} , but FishBase classifies them with the gulper eels in the order Saccopharyngiformes.

See also

• List of fish families

References

• "Cyema atrum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=161632. Retrieved 18 April 2006. 
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Cyematidae" in FishBase. June 2011 version.