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Synaphobranchidae (Cutthroat eels) > Synaphobranchinae
Etymology: Histiobranchus: Greek, istion, istos = sail + Greek, brangchia = gill (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 3493 - 4974 m (Ref. 31334). Deep-water; 33°S - 55°S
Southwest Pacific: Tasman Sea and off southeastern New Zealand.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 69.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26895)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 347;
Anal
soft rays: 214 - 251;
Vertebrae: 162 - 163. Upper limit of dorsal fin rays is 408; dorsal fin rays before anus 136-166; precaudal vertebrae 86-88 (Ref. 31334). Pectorals small.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Karmovskaya, E.S. and N.R. Merrett, 1998. Taxonomy of the deep-sea eel genus, Histiobranchus (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes), with notes on the ecology of H. bathybius in the eastern North Atlantic. J. Fish Biol. 53(5):1015-1037. (Ref. 31334)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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