A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Synaphobranchidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Atractodenchelys phrix Robins & Robins, 1970 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atractodenchelys robinsorum Karmovskaya, 2003 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Branchenchelys megacephala Tighe & Kodeeswaran, 2025 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| basketwork eelDiastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma achiropteryx Prokofiev, 2019 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma alticorpus Fricke, Golani, Appelbaum-Golani & Zajonz, 2018 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| shortbelly eelDysomma anguillare Barnard, 1923 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma brevirostre (Facciolà, 1887) | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma bussarawiti Prokofiev, 2019 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma dolichosomatum Karrer, 1983 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma fuscoventralis Karrer & Klausewitz, 1982 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma goslinei Robins & Robins, 1976 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma longirostrum Chen & Mok, 2001 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma melanurum Chen & Weng, 1967 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma muciparus (Alcock, 1891) | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma opisthoproctus Chen & Mok, 1995 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma polycatodon Karrer, 1983 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma robinsorum Ho & Tighe, 2018 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma taiwanense Ho, Smith & Tighe, 2015 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysomma tridens Robins, Böhlke & Robins, 1989 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dysommina proboscideus (Lea, 1913) | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Histiobranchus australis (Regan, 1913) | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abyssal cutthroat eelHistiobranchus bathybius (Günther, 1877) | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Histiobranchus bruuni Castle, 1964 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ilyophis blachei Saldanha & Merrett, 1982 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ilyophis brunneus Gilbert, 1891 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Linkenchelys multipora Smith, 1989 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abyssal cutthroat eelMeadia abyssalis (Kamohara, 1938) | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meadia roseni Mok, Lee & Chan, 1991 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parasitic eelSimenchelys parasitica Gill, 1879 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| grey cutthroat eelSynaphobranchus affinis Günther, 1877 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis Günther, 1887 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Synaphobranchus calvus Melo, 2007 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus (Lea, 1913) | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kaup's arrowtooth eelSynaphobranchus kaupii Johnson, 1862 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Synaphobranchus oligolepis Ho, Hong & Chen, 2018 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Synaphobranchus oregoni Castle, 1960 | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Synaphobranchus pinnatus | SynaphobranchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.