Pillar wire eel

The pillar wire eel^[2] (Saurenchelys stylura) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).^[3] It was described by Einar Hagbart Martin Lea in 1913, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.^[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean. It is oceanodromous, and is known to dwell at a depth range of 27 to 460 metres (89 to 1,509 ft).^[3]

Pillar wire eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Nettastomatidae
Genus:	Saurenchelys
Species:	S. stylura
Binomial name
Saurenchelys stylura (Lea, 1913)
Synonyms[1]
Leptocephalus stylurus Lea, 1913 Saurenchelys stylurus (Lea, 1913)