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Synaphobranchidae (Cutthroat eels) > Synaphobranchinae
Etymology: Synaphobranchus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, aphoo, aphiemi = to throw + Greek, brangchia = gill (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: These fish are named after the US National Marine Fisheries Service research vessel ‘Oregon’, from which the holotypes were collected. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 512 - 1900 m (Ref. 26895). Deep-water; 3°C - 7°C (Ref. 26895); 37°N - 39°S
Circumtropical except the eastern tropical Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 111 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26895)
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Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Sulak, K.J. and Y.N. Shcherbachev, 1997. Zoogeography and systematics of six deep-living genera of synaphobranchid eels, with a key to taxa and description of two new species of Ilyophis. Bull. Mar. Sci. 60(3):1158-1194. (Ref. 26895)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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