Histiobranchus is a genus of eels in the family Synaphobranchidae.
| Histiobranchus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
| Subfamily: | Synaphobranchinae |
| Genus: | Histiobranchus T. N. Gill, 1883 |
| Species | |
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It currently contains the following species:[1]
- Histiobranchus australis (Regan, 1913)[2][3][4][5]
- Histiobranchus bathybius (Günther, 1877) (deepwater arrowtooth eel)[2][3][4][5]
- Histiobranchus bruuni Castle, 1964 (Bruun's cutthroat eel)[2][3][4][5]
- Synonyms
- Histiobranchus infernalis Gill, 1883; valid as Histiobranchus bathybius[6]
References
edit- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Histiobranchus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Histiobranchus". FishBase. June 2011 version.
- 1 2 3 Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Histiobranchus Gill, 1884". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- 1 2 3 "Histiobranchus Taxonomy ID: 125653". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- 1 2 3 "Histiobranchus Gill, 1883". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ "Scientific Names where Genus Equals Histiobranchus". FishBase.