Synaphobranchidae

Family Synaphobranchidae Synaphobranchus kaupii Johnson, 1862 —Kaup's arrowtooth eel 1,264 specimens were caught at depths between 711 and 1,809 m. Length data were available for 1,252 specimens ranging from 8 to 72 cm TL (21.8 ± 11.4). Habitat and Distribution: demersal deep-sea fish between 1...

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Main Authors: Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio, Serrano, Alberto
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Synaphobranchidae
Faroe Islands
Indian
Pacific
Rodriguez
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5618868
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618868
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Summary:Family Synaphobranchidae Synaphobranchus kaupii Johnson, 1862 —Kaup's arrowtooth eel 1,264 specimens were caught at depths between 711 and 1,809 m. Length data were available for 1,252 specimens ranging from 8 to 72 cm TL (21.8 ± 11.4). Habitat and Distribution: demersal deep-sea fish between 120– 4,800 m depth, usually 400–2,200 m. Distribution in all major ocean basins: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. In the eastern North Atlantic, it is recorded from west of the Faroe Islands slope to the coast of northwest Africa. Vulnerability: LC (IUCN), MHV (FishBase). Published as part of Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), pp. 293-333 in Zootaxa 4067 (3) on page 304, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/256670

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