Cutthroat Eels - Family: Synaphobranchidae
Subfamily: Ilyophinae
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Ilyophis sp.
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Subfamily: Simenchelyinae
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Pugnose Eel - Simenchelys parasitica
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Subfamily: Synaphobranchinae
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Southern Cut-throat Eel - Histiobranchus australis
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Grey Cut-throat Eel - Synaphobranchus affinis
Short-dorsal Cut-throat Eel - Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Elopomorpha (Tarpons, Eels and Allies)
> Order: Anguilliformes (True Eels)
> Suborder: Synaphobranchoidei
> Family: Synaphobranchidae (Cut-throat Eels)
> Subfamily: Ilyophinae
> Genus: Ilyophis
> Species: ?
> Subfamily: Simenchelyinae
> Genus: Simenchelys
> Species: S. parasitica - Pugnose Eel
> Subfamily: Synaphobranchinae
> Genus: Histiobranchus
> Species: H. australis - Southern Cut-throat Eel
> Genus: Synaphobranchus
> Species: S. affinis - Grey Cut-throat Eel
> Species: S. brevidorsalis - Short-dorsal Cut-throat Eel
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