Scientific Name	Synaphobranchus affinis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Günther, 1877	Depth	290 - 2400M
Chinese	合鰓鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	合鰓鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F080　Synaphobranchidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	長鰭合鰓鰻(連鰓鰻)
Max Length	160 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	合鰓鰻
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、South West、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	Off Inoshima [Innoshima, now Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea, western Pacific]
Synonyms	Synaphobranchus brachysomus, Synaphobranchus pinnatus, Synaphobranchus taketae, Synapobranchus affinis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993);陳餘鋆, 2002. 臺灣深海鰻類的分類,分布,柔軟器官及以腦部形態與尾鰭骨骼探討真鰻類及糯鰻亞目之親緣關係; 楊瑋庭 , 2011. 碩士論文:臺灣合鰓鰻科魚類之初步分類研究.;Robins, C. H. and C. R. Robins, 1989.Fishes of the western north Atlantic. 1(9): 207-252.; Smith, D. G. , 1999. The living marine the resources of the western central pacific. 3(1): 1658-1661.; Nakabo T. , 2000. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species second edition.Tokai University: 212-213.  Günther, A. 1877 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Chen, Y. Y. etc. 1995 Chen, Y. Y. etc. 2001
Specimen List	ASIZP0060873. ASIZP0060874. ASIZP0063063. ASIZP0063729. ASIZP0063731. ASIZP0063784. ASIZP0063785. ASIZP0063793. ASIZP0063798. ASIZP0063849. ASIZP0064082. ASIZP0064083. ASIZP0064085. ASIZP0064110. ASIZP0064254. ASIZP0064259. ASIZP0064282. ASIZP0066091. ASIZP0066753. ASIZP0066755. ASIZP0066791. ASIZP0067993. ASIZP0068012. ASIZP0068045. ASIZP0069708. ASIZP0075078. ASIZP0080282. ASIZP0080284. ASIZP0080501. ASIZP0801485. ASIZP0803754. ASIZP0803773. ASIZP0803806. ASIZP0806620. ASIZP0807416. ASIZP0807418. ASIZP0900498. ...List all 65 records...
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2014-10-30,Kwang-Tsao Shao,CO1,100% 2016-04-06,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100% 2016-04-06,Yung-Chieh,CO1,100%
Common Name	Gilbert's synaphobranchid eel; Grey cutthroat
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Scale present. Pectoral fin well deveoped, gill slit unite on the ventral side. Upper jaw shorter than lower jaw. Premaxillary teeth 4. Upper jaw teeth 3 rows, the teeth of inner row large lower jaw teeth 2 rows; vomerine teeth in 1 row. No compound teeth. Dorsal fin origin in advance of or behind anus. Vertebra 125-140. Total length 15.9 of body depth, 6.9 of head length; caudal length 2.3 of the length from head to trunk; head length 3.4 of snout length; snout length 2.5 of diameter of eye. Body cover small scales, liptical, and arrange in right-angle way. Anus locate on the anterior half. Rictus beyond rear of eye. Anterior nostril tubule; posterior nostril hole, before eye. Tail compressed; dorsal, anal fin confluent with caudal fin. Body color grey to brown.
habitats	Dominant, demersal fishes of warm, subtropical and tropical seas, Most in habit noore than 400 meters deep. They feed on muscles a of big fishes or mamals, sometimes found in live body of fishes. They also live in lower temperature (4-7℃).
Distribution	Indian, Pacific and Atlantic.
Utility	No enough quantity for fishery.