Gulper Eels

Accession #239954.

Accession #239954.

Summary[edit] DescriptionAPI English: Saccopharynx ampullaceus Polski: Saccopharynx ampullaceus Date 1887 Source Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 : under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. (1887) [1] Author Thomson, C. Wyville (Charles Wyville), Sir, 1830-1882; Murray, John, Sir, 1841-1914; Nares, George S. (George Strong), 1831-1915 Permission (Reusing this file) public domain

Saccopharynx ampulaceus syn. S. flagellum

Saccopharynx ampullacens (Challenger).

Saccopharynx ampullaceus; a deep-sea eel, with the head of a larbe fish, which it has swallowed, showing through the thin integuments of the body. (From Gunther)