- Source: Cutthroat eel
Cutthroat eels are a family, Synaphobranchidae, of eels, the only members of the suborder Synaphobranchoidei. They are found worldwide in temperate and tropical seas.
Cutthroat eels range from 23 to 160 cm (9.1 to 63.0 in) in length. They are bottom-dwelling fish, found in deep waters down to about 3,700 m (12,100 ft). They are distinguished by the presence of telescopic eyes in the larvae. In some classifications (for example, ITIS), this family is split, with Simenchelys in its own family, the Simenchelyidae.
Subfamilies and genera
Cutthroat eels are classified into the following subfamilies and genera:
Subfamily Simenchelyinae Gill, 1879 (pugnose parasitic eels)
Simenchelys Gill, 1879
Subfamily Ilyophinae D. S. Jordan & Davis, 1891 (arrowtooth eels or mustard eels)
Atractodenchelys C.H. Robins & C. R. Robins, 1970
Dysomma Alcock, 1889
Dysommina Ginsburg, 1951
Ilyophis Gilbert, 1891
Linkenchelys D. G. Smith, 1989
Meadia Böhlke, 1951
Thermobiotes Geistdoerfer, 1991
Subfamily Synaphobranchinae J. Y. Johnson, 1862 (cutthroat eels)
Diastobranchus Barnard, 1923
Haptenchelys C. H. Robins & D. M. Martin, 1976
Histiobranchus Gill, 1883
Synaphobranchus J. Y. Johnson, 1862
References
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