Southern cut-throat eel

Southern cut-throat eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Histiobranchus
Species: H. australis
Binomial name
Histiobranchus australis
(Regan, 1913)
Synonyms[1]
  • Synaphobranchus australis Regan, 1913

The Southern cut-throat eel[2] (Histiobranchus australis) is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[3] It was described by Regan in 1913.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the southern Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 950 to 3,001 metres (3,117 to 9,846 ft), and leads a benthic lifestyle. Males can reach a maximum total length of 62.8 centimetres (24.7 in), while females can reach a maximum TL of 67.0 centimetres (26.4 in).[3]

References

  1. Synonyms of Histiobranchus australis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Histiobranchus australis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Histiobranchus australis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Regan, C. T., 1913 (23 May) [ref. 3651] The Antarctic fishes of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh v. 49 (pt 2, no. 2): 229-292, Pls. 1-11.
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