Cutthroat eel

Dysomma anguillare

The family of eels ( Synaphobranchidae ) consists of almost 40 species. They have a stout body with shed and large jaws with small teeth. The skin is covered with stunted shed. But here is the genus Haptenchelys an exception: they are scaleless. Characteristic of the eels are the outer gill openings, which lie in a slot-shaped hole on the ventral side between the breast fins. The larvae have telescopic eyes.

Dissemination

They occur in the Atlantic and Pacific ocean and live in the deep sea between 400 and 2000 m at water temperatures average around 5 ° C.

Nutrition

The diet consists of crustaceans and fish. In the stomach of Synaphobranchus Kaupi caught at a depth of 1000 m, octopus eggs were found.

System

• Subfamily Ilyophinae Genus Atractodenchelys Robins & Robins, 1970 Atractodenchelys Phrix Robins & Robins, 1970
• Atractodenchelys robinsorum Karmovskaya, 2003

• Dysomma anguillare Barnard, 1923
• Dysomma brevirostre ( Facciola, 1887)
• Dysomma bucephalus Alcock, 1889
• Dysomma dolichosomatum Karrer, 1982
• Dysomma fuscoventralis Karrer & Klausewitz, 1982
• Dysomma goslinei Robins & Robins, 1976
• Dysomma longirostrum Chen & Mok, 2001
• Dysomma melanurum Chen & Weng, 1967
• Dysomma muciparus ( Alcock, 1891)
• Dysomma opisthoproctus Chen & Mok, 1995
• Dysomma polycatodon Karrer, 1982
• Dysomma tridens Robins, Bohlke & Robins, Robins & Robins, 1989

• Dysommina proboscideus (Lea, 1913)
• Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg, 1951

• Ilyophis arx Robins, Robins & Robins, 1976
• Ilyophis blachei Saldanha & Merrett, 1982
• Ilyophis brunneus Gilbert, 1891
• Ilyophis nigeli Shcherbachev & Sulak Sulak & Shcherbachev in 1997
• Ilyophis robinsae Sulak & Shcherbachev, 1997
• Ilyophis saldanhai Karmovskaya & Parin, 1999
• Leptocephalus rostratus Schmidt, 1909

• Linkenchelys multipora Smith, 1989

• Meadia abyssalis ( Mr. Kamohara, 1938)
• Meadia Roseni Mok, Lee & Chan, 1991

• Thermobiotes mytilogeiton Geistdoerfer, 1991

• Genus Simenchelys Gill in Goode & Bean, 1879 Parasitic Stumpfnasenaal ( Simenchelys parasiticus )

• Genus Diastobranchus Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923

• Haptenchelys Texis Robins & Martin in Robins & Robins, 1976

• Histiobranchus Bathybius ( Günther, 1877)
• Histiobranchus bruuni Castle, 1964

• Synaphobranchus affinis Günther, 1877
• Synaphobranchus australis Regan, 1913
• Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis Günther, 1887
• Synaphobranchus capensis ( Barnard, 1923)
• Synaphobranchus kaupii Johnson, 1862
• Synaphobranchus oregoni Castle, 1960