Species Synaphobranchus oregoni Castle, 1960
Oregon Cut-throat Eel
- Synaphobranchus oregoni Castle, P.H.J. 1960. Two eels of the genus Synaphobranchus from the Gulf of Mexico. Fieldiana Zoology 39(35): 387-398 [388, fig. 66].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 185605 (largely deossified), Gulf of Mexico off Alabama, USA, Oregon station 640, 355-475 fathoms [29°01'N, 88°24'W].
Paratype(s) FMNH 47911 (6 specimens, originally 8); NMNZ P.4514 (2 specimens, ex FMNH).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Coral Sea east of Raine Island, QLD (11°32'S, 144°10'E) to east of Nowra, NSW (34°53'S, 151°14'E), and SW of Cape Bridgewater, VIC (38°38'S, 141°03'E) to SW of Rowley Shoals, WA (18°24'S, 116°48'E), based on recently collected and re-identified museum specimens, possibly continuous around the south coast; tropical, temperate, circumglobal.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Abyssal, benthic, continental slope.
Extra Ecological Information
500-2000 m.
General References
Fricke, R., Kulbicki, M. & Wantiez, L. 2011. Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) Neue Serie 4: 341-463 [351]
Karmovskaya, E.S. 2003. New records of synaphobranchid eels (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes) collected off New Caledonia and adjacent regions, with description of a new species of Atractodenchelys. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 43(4): 437-446 [In Russian; English translation in J. Ichthyol. 43(7):491–500] [438]
Robins, C.H. & Robins, C.R. 1989. Family Synaphobranchidae. pp. 207-253 in Böhlke, E.B. (ed.). Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. New Haven : The Sears Foundation of Marine Research, Yale University Pt 9 Vol. 1 655 pp. [225]
Smith, D.G. 2008. Family Synaphobranchidae. pp. 160-166 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [166]
Sulak, K.J. & Shcherbachev, Y.N. 1997. Zoogeography and systematics of six deep-living genera of synaphobranchid eels, with a key to taxa and description of two new species of Ilyophis. Bulletin of Marine Science 60(3): 1158-1194 [1171]
Common Name References
Smith, D.G. 2008. Family Synaphobranchidae. pp. 160-166 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [166] (Oregon Cut-throat Eel)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2019 | ELOPOMORPHA | 11-Aug-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese (AM) |
| 24-Sep-2011 | ANGUILLIFORMES | 24-Sep-2011 | MOVED | Dr Dianne Bray |
| 12-May-2011 | ADDED |