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Synaphobranchidae (Cutthroat eels) > Synaphobranchinae
Etymology: Haptenchelys: Greek, hapto, to catch up + Greek, enchelys = eel (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 2121 - 4086 m (Ref. 26895). Deep-water; 50°N - 10°N
Western Atlantic: Bahamas. Eastern Atlantic: Northwest Africa.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 51.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26895)
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Sulak, K.J. and Y.N. Shcherbachev, 1997. Zoogeography and systematics of six deep-living genera of synaphobranchid eels, with a key to taxa and description of two new species of Ilyophis. Bull. Mar. Sci. 60(3):1158-1194. (Ref. 26895)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
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Harmless
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