Shortdorsal cutthroat eel

Shortdorsal cutthroat eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Synaphobranchidae
Genus:Synaphobranchus
Species: S. brevidorsalis
Binomial name
Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis
Günther, 1887
Synonyms[1]
  • Synaphobranchus pinnatus var. brevidorsalis Lloyd, 1909

The Shortdorsal cutthroat eel (Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis, also known commonly as the Shortfin cut-throat eel[2]) is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1887.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific and western central Atlantic Ocean, including Zanzibar, Maldives, Australia, Japan, Suriname, and the Gulf of Mexico. It dwells at a depth range of 900 to 3,000 metres (3,000 to 9,800 ft), most often between 1,000 to 2,500 metres (3,300 to 8,200 ft), and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting the continental slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of 111 centimetres (44 in).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names for Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Günther, A., 1887 (before 11 Oct.) [ref. 2013] Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger v. 22 (pt 57): i-lxv + 1-268, Pls. 1-66.


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