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Abyssal cutthroat eel (Meadia abyssalis)
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Abyssal cutthroat eel (Meadia abyssalis) specimen
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Synaphobranchidae

Abyssal cutthroat eel

Meadia abyssalis

Seventy Three Centimeters Eel of the Hawaiian Islands

  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • South America
  • Anguilliform
  • Large

Abyssal cutthroat eel is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits deep water. The largest recorded length is 73 cm.

Genus
Meadia
Maximum length
73 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Reunion, Mauritius, southern Japan, Hancock Seamount, and the Hawaiian and Society islands. Off Southern Brazil (Ref. 57911 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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