Histiobranchus

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Histiobranchus
From plate 44 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896.
From plate 44 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Histiobranchus


Histiobranchus (Gill, 1883) is a genus in the family Synaphobranchidae that includes Deepwater arrowtooth eel, Histiobranchus bathybius and Bruun's cutthroat eel, Histiobranchus bruuni (Castle, 1964), as well as the Southern Cut-throat eel Histiobranchus australis (Regan, 1913) .