Synaphobranchus kaupii Johnson 1862

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 53

Synaphobranchus kaupii Johnson 1862 — Kaup's arrowtooth eel

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM material (2 specimens, CP4448-11, CP4448-13, north of New Hanover; 1 specimen, St. CP 4449-19, north of New Hanover ).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1.—General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical seas, but not in eastern Pacific. Bathydemersal, 120–4800 m depth. Marine.