Cyema atrum is a species of deep-water bobtail snipe eel in the family Cyematidae. It is the only member of its genus Cyema. It is found globally at depths of 330 to 5,100 m (1,080 to 16,730 ft). Common names include the bobtail eel, snipe eel, scissorjaw eel, and arrow eel. It grows to a possible length of 16 cm (6.3 in), based on the estimated size for other bobtail eels. There is not much information about this enigmatic fish, because it is so rare and has been encountered a small number of times, but its diet may be composed of tiny fish larvae, zooplankton, copepods, amphipods, sea snow, and tiny krill. Instead of gobbling them up, the eel uses the comb-like teeth to swipe the food from the water column by slashing the head to the sides.
Cyema atrum is a species of deep-water bobtail snipe eel in the family Cyematidae. It is the only member of its genus Cyema. It is found globally at depths...
the tarpon, bonefish, spiny eel, pelican eel and deep sea species like Cyema atrum and notacanthidae species, the latter with giant Leptocephalus-like...
actually in a different family and represented by two species, the black Cyema atrum and the bright red Neocyema erythrosoma. There are nine species in...
orders of Eupharynx and Saccopharynx, whereas the adult stage more resembles Cyema. Neocyema erythrosoma has currently only been observed in the North and...
Trewavas, Ethelwynn (September 1933). "On the structure of two oceanic fishes,Cyema atrum Günther and Opisthoproctus soleatus Vaillant". Proceedings of the...
from the Pacific Ocean. Both resembled the larva of the bobtail snipe eel Cyema atrum but were morphologically distinct from it. The larvae were transparent...
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