Sawtooth eels are a family, Serrivomeridae, of eels. They get their name from the saw-like arrangement of their vomerine teeth (inward-slanting teeth attached to the vomer bone in the roof of the mouth).

There are eleven species in two genera:

• Genus Serrivomer
  • Bean's sawtooth eel, Serrivomer beanii Gill & Ryder, 1883.
  • Thread eel, Serrivomer bertini Bauchot, 1959.
  • Black sawtooth eel, Serrivomer brevidentatus (Roule & Bertin, 1929).
  • Serrivomer danae (Roule & Bertin, 1924).
  • Serrivomer garmani Bertin, 1944.
  • Crossthroat sawpalate, Serrivomer jesperseni Bauchot-Boutin, 1953.
  • Short-tooth sawpalate, Serrivomer lanceolatoides (Schmidt, 1916).
  • Samoa sawtooth eel, Serrivomer samoensis Bauchot, 1959.
  • Serrivomer schmidti Bauchot-Boutin, 1953.
  • Serrivomer sector Garman, 1899.
• Genus Stemonidium
  • Stemonidium hypomelas Gilbert, 1905.

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