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Abyssal cutthroat eel (Meadia abyssalis)
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Ecological Illustration of Abyssal cutthroat eel (Meadia abyssalis)
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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.

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