The crossthroat sawpalateCommon names for Serrivomer jesperseni at www.fishbase.org. (Serrivomer jesperseni) is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). It was described by Marie-Louise Bauchot in 1953. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western and eastern Pacific Ocean, including Papua New Guinea, British Columbia, Canada; the Gulf of Panama and Chile. It dwells at a maximum depth of . Males can reach a maximum total length of .
The species epithet "jesperseni" refers to P. Jespersen, a monographer of leptocephalids in the family Anguillidae.
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