Synaphobranchus
Appearance
Synaphobranchus | |
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Synaphobranchus affinis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
Subfamily: | Synaphobranchinae |
Genus: | Synaphobranchus J. Y. Johnson, 1862 |
Species | |
See text. |
Synaphobranchus is a genus of eels in the cutthroat eel family, Synaphobranchidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Synaphobranchus affinis Günther, 1877 (Grey cutthroat eel)
- Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis Günther, 1887 (Shortdorsal cutthroat eel)
- Synaphobranchus calvus M. R. S. de Melo, 2007
- Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus (E. H. M. Lea, 1913)
- Synaphobranchus kaupii J. Y. Johnson, 1862 (Kaup's arrowtooth eel)
- Synaphobranchus oregoni Castle, 1960
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Synaphobranchus". FishBase. June 2011 version.