Abyssal cutthroat eel

Histiobranchus bathybius

Eel in Indo Pacific

Northern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Anguilliform
Large

Abyssal cutthroat eel is known around North Atlantic and North Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and records give a maximum length of 137 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Histiobranchus
Water type: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform