Cutthroat eel
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Cutthroat eels are a family, Synaphobranchidae, of eels. They are native to the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.
There are 36 species in 12 genera, including:
- Genus Diastobranchus
- * Basketwork eel, Diastobranchus capensis.
- Genus Dysomma
- * Dysomma anguillare.
- * Dysomma longirostrum.
- * Dysomma melanurum.
- Genus Ilyophis
- * Muddy arrowtooth eel, Ilyophis brunneus
- Genus Histiobranchus
- * Deepwater arrowtooth eel, Histiobranchus bathybius.
- * Bruun's cutthroat eel, Histiobranchus bruuni.
- Genus Meadia
- * Meadia abyssalis.
- * Meadia roseni.
- Genus Simenchelys
- * Snubnosed eel, ''Simenchelys parasitica
- Genus Synaphobranchus
- * Grey cutthroat eel, Synaphobranchus affinis.
References
- ["Synaphobranchidae"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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