Shortdorsal Cutthroat Eel
Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis Günther, 1887
Also calledMotosodeanago (jpn) · lyhyteväpetoankerias (fin) · tupohlavec krátkochvostý (ces) · Короткохвостый слитножаберный угорь (rus) · モトソデアナゴ (jpn) · 合鰓鰻 (zho) · 短背鰭合鰓鰻 (zho) · 短背鰭合鰓鰻(合鰓鰻) (zho)
First described in: Günther, A. (1887). Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger.</em> v. 22 (pt 57): i-lxv + 1-268, Pls. 1-66.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks. There are several specimens of this species in the ASIZP collection, most of them collected from the South China Sea off Taiwan.
Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan
distribution
Distribution. Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis was described from off New Guinea and Japan, and is distributed in the tropical and temperate Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, from about 37 ºN to 29 ºS (Robins & Robins 1989; Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997).
The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S
materials_examined
Material examined. 74 specimens, 102.0 – 1007.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26752 (1, 730.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021001; MNRJ 26753 (2, 398.0 – 880.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082703; MNRJ 26754 (1, 526.0 mm), T, E- 551; MNRJ 26752 (1, 739.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021001; MNRJ 26755 (1, 955.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082601; MNRJ 26756 (1, 603.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082704; MNRJ 26768 (1, 803.0 mm), T, E- 528; MNRJ 26769 (1, 102.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003020803; MNRJ 26771 (13, 390.0 – 665.0 mm), T, E- 526; MNRJ 26772 (8, 481.0 – 943.0 mm, 1 cs), T, E- 537; MNRJ 26774 (7, 566.0 – 903.0 mm), T, E- 549; MNRJ 26776 (13, 363.0 – 882.0 mm), T, E- 496; MNRJ 26777 (1, 1007.0 mm), T, E- 527; MNRJ 26778 (3, 578.0 – 870.0 mm), T, E- 520; MNRJ 26779 (3, 455.0 – 657.0 mm), T, E- 525; MNRJ 26780 (7, 345.0 – 718.0 mm), T, E- 501; MNRJ 26781 (6, 533.0 – 970.0 mm), T, E- 548; MNRJ 26782 (1, 839.0 mm), T, E- 536; UF 165822 (1, 697.0 mm), collected with MNRJ 26776; USNM 389075 (2, 443.0 – 363.0 mm), collected with MNRJ 26776.
The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S
description
Shortdorsal Cutthroat Eel. 1 m (39.4 in) TL (Roberts et al. 2015). Circumglobal (Sulak and Shcerbachev 1997); western Pacific Ocean north to Pacific coast of Japan (Sulak and Shcerbachev 1997); Paul Revere Ridge, west of Vancouver Island (50 ° 13 ’ N, 129 ° 46 ’ W) (Hanke et al. 2014). Depth: surface to 2,960 m (9,709 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Sulak and Shcerbachev 1997).
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2402852.