Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Synaphobranchoidei
Familia: Synaphobranchidae
Subfamilia: Synaphobranchinae
Genus: Synaphobranchus
Species: S. affinis – S. brevidorsalis – S. calvus – S. dolichorhynchus – S. kaupii – S. oligolepis – S. oregoni – S. sului
Name
Synaphobranchus Johnson, 1862
Type species: Synaphobranchus kaupii James Yate Johnson, 1862
Synonyms
Nettophichthys Holt, 1891
References
Johnson, J. Y.; 1862: Descriptions of some new genera and species of fishes obtained at Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862 (2): 167–180, Pls. 22-23. Reference page.
Ho, H-C., Hong, W-C. & Chen, H-M. 2018. A new cutthroat eel of the genus Synaphobranchus (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae) from Taiwan. Pp 68–77 In Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Open access Reference page. Open access PDF Reference page.
Svendsen, F. M. & Byrkjedal, I. 2013. Morphological and molecular variation in Synaphobranchus eels (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae) of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in relation to species diagnostics. Marine Biodiversity, 43(4): 407–420. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-013-0168-1 Paywall. Reference page.
Synaphobranchus is a genus of eels in the cutthroat eel family, Synaphobranchidae. It currently contains the following species:
Synaphobranchus affinis Günther, 1877 (Grey cutthroat eel)
Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis Günther, 1887 (Shortdorsal cutthroat eel)
Synaphobranchus calvus M. R. S. de Melo, 2007
Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus (E. H. M. Lea, 1913)
Synaphobranchus kaupii J. Y. Johnson, 1862 (Kaup's arrowtooth eel)
Synaphobranchus oregoni Castle, 1960
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Synaphobranchus in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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