Biology:Basketwork eel
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Short description: Species of fish
| Basketwork eel | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
| Subfamily: | Synaphobranchinae |
| Genus: | Diastobranchus Barnard, 1923 |
| Species: | D. capensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923
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The basketwork eel, Diastobranchus capensis, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Diastobranchus. It is found off southern Australia , South Africa , and around New Zealand, in depths over 1,000 m. Its length is between 80 and 120 cm.
References
- ↑ IUCN (2019-11-22) (in en). Diastobranchus capensis: McCosker, J., Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T199118A2561032 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2023-1.rlts.t199118a2561032.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199118/2561032.
- "Diastobranchus capensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=635629. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Diastobranchus capensis" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:0-00-216987-8
Wikidata ☰ Q2630996 entry
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