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Synaphobranchus
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)
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Northern Cutthroat Eel
speciesSynaphobranchus kaupii

Grey Cutthroat Eel
speciesSynaphobranchus affinis

Synaphobranchus oligolepis
speciesSynaphobranchus oligolepis

Gulf Cutthroat Eel
speciesSynaphobranchus oregoni
Synaphobranchus calvus
speciesSynaphobranchus calvus
Shortdorsal Cutthroat Eel
speciesSynaphobranchus brevidorsalis
Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus
speciesSynaphobranchus dolichorhynchus
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92337.