The pillar wire eel[2] (Saurenchelys stylura) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).

[3] It was described by Einar Hagbart Martin Lea in 1913, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.

[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean.

It is oceanodromous, and is known to dwell at a depth range of 27 to 460 metres (89 to 1,509 ft).

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