title: Narrownecked oceanic eel
text: # Narrownecked oceanic eel
  
  The narrownecked oceanic eel, Derichthys serpentinus, is a longneck eel, the only species in the genus Derichthys, found in all oceans in depths between 500 and 2,000 m. Their length is up to 40 centimetres (1 ft 4 in).
  
  The skin is scaleless and red-brown. It lives on the bottom at great depths.
  
  