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This is an x-ray image of a slender snipe eel along with a corresponding photograph of the specimen in similar pose. Snipe eels live at great depths in the ocean. This specimen was collected at over 2,000 meters (more than a mile down) in the North Atlantic. Snipe eels swim with their mouths open and feed on invertebrates. They have over 700 vertebrae, more than any other animal.
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- Title: Slender Snipe Eel
- Location: Near Bear Seamount, United States, Atlantic
- Physical Dimensions: 99 cm (39 in)
- Type: Radiograph
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- USNM Catalog Number(s): 383142
- Scientific Name: <i>Nemichthys scolopaceus</i> Richardson, 1848
- Photo Credit: Sandra J. Raredon, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Field: Vetebrate Zoology
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