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
Maximum length: 137 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: North Atlantic and North Pacific. Also in Durban, South Africa and Indo-Pacific (Ref. 3973 ).
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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