Synaphobranchus oregoni Castle 1960

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 : 14-15

Synaphobranchus oregoni Castle 1960

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Material examined. Nine specimens, 537.0–814.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26761 (1, 683.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021001; MNRJ 26762 (1, 650.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021002; MNRJ 26763 (1, 814.0 mm), T, E-549; MNRJ 26764 (1, 703.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003020801; MNRJ 26765 (1, 605.0 mm), AG, 16B; MNRJ 26766 (1, 692.0 mm), T, E-528; MNRJ 26789 (1, 556.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021403; MNRJ 26791 (1, 605.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021002; MNRJ 27103 (1, 537.0 mm), T, E-507.

Distribution. Synaphobranchus oregoni was described from the Gulf of Mexico; it is also known from the Indian Ocean, tropical Atlantic, and eastern Pacific. In the WSA it was previously recorded from the Rio Grande rise ( Robins & Robins 1989; Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997; Brickle & Laptikhovsky 2002).

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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).