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Cutthroat Eels
Synaphobranchidae
Cutthroat eels are a family, Synaphobranchidae, of eels, the only members of the suborder Synaphobranchoidei. They are found worldwide in temperate and tropical seas.
3 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 55 known species

Typical Cutthroat Eels
subfamilySynaphobranchinae

Arrowtooth Eels
subfamilyIlyophinae

Pugnose Parasitic Eels
subfamilySimenchelyinae
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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 86094.