Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Synaphobranchidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Synaphobranchus | |
Similar Shortdorsal cutthroat eel, Synaphobranchus, Kaup's arrowtooth eel, Cutthroat eel | ||
Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels). It was described by Einar Hagbart Martin Lea in 1913, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known solely from larval specimens discovered in the northern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 100 to 150 metres (330 to 490 ft).
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