Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis Günther 1887

Melo, Marcelo R. S., Nunan, Gustavo W. A., Braga, Adriana C. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2009, The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S, Zootaxa 2234, pp. 1-20 : 14

Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis Günther 1887

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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.

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 37ºN to 29ºS ( Robins & Robins 1989; Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997).

Figures

FIGURE 4. (A) Ilyophis blachei (MNRJ 26827, 641.0 mm); (B) Ilyophis brunneus (MNRJ 26826, 279.0 mm); (C) Simenchelys parasitica (MNRJ 26736, 987.0 mm); (D) Synaphobranchus affinis (MNRJ 26758, 443.0 mm); (E) Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis (MNRJ 26782, 839.0 mm); (F) Synaphobranchus calvus (MNRJ 28279, 530.0 mm); (G) Synaphobranchus oregoni (MNRJ 27103, 537.0 mm); (H) Cyema atrum (MNRJ 26862, 101.0 mm).