WoRMS taxon details
Histiobranchus bathybius (Günther, 1877)
126323 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126323)
accepted
Species
Histiobranchus infernalis Gill, 1883 · unaccepted
Synaphobranchus bathybius Günther, 1877 · unaccepted
Synaphobranchus infernalis (Gill, 1883) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Synaphobranchus bathybius Günther, 1877) Günther, A. (1877). Preliminary notes on new fishes collected in Japan during the expedition of H. M. S. `Challenger.'. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56): 433-446. [details]
Distribution North Atlantic
Distribution North Atlantic [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Histiobranchus bathybius (Günther, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126323 on 2025-10-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Synaphobranchus bathybius Günther, 1877) Günther, A. (1877). Preliminary notes on new fishes collected in Japan during the expedition of H. M. S. `Challenger.'. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56): 433-446. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (CCZ) Leitner, A. B.; Neuheimer, A. B.; Donlon, E.; Smith, C. R.; Drazen, J. C. (2017). Environmental and bathymetric influences on abyssal bait-attending communities of the Clarion Clipperton Zone. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 125: 65-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.017 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (CCZ) Leitner, A. B.; Neuheimer, A. B.; Donlon, E.; Smith, C. R.; Drazen, J. C. (2017). Environmental and bathymetric influences on abyssal bait-attending communities of the Clarion Clipperton Zone. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 125: 65-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.017 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution North Atlantic [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat Found on the continental slope and abyssal plain at depths of 731 - 4855m. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | deepwater cutthroat eelDeep-water arrowtooth eeldeepwater arrowtooth eelAbyssal cutthroat eel | [details] |
| Japanese | ソコアナゴ | [details] |
| Russian | Глубоководный гистиобранх | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Synaphobranchus bathybius Günther, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Histiobranchus infernalis Gill, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Synaphobranchus infernalis (Gill, 1883))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Histiobranchus bathybius)
To FishBase (from synonym Histiobranchus infernalis Gill, 1883)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Synaphobranchus infernalis (Gill, 1883))
To FishBase (from synonym Synaphobranchus bathybius Günther, 1877)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Synaphobranchus bathybius Günther, 1877)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Histiobranchus infernalis P12921 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Synaphobranchus bathybius Günther, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Histiobranchus infernalis Gill, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Synaphobranchus infernalis (Gill, 1883))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Histiobranchus bathybius)
To FishBase (from synonym Histiobranchus infernalis Gill, 1883)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Synaphobranchus infernalis (Gill, 1883))
To FishBase (from synonym Synaphobranchus bathybius Günther, 1877)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Synaphobranchus bathybius Günther, 1877)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Histiobranchus infernalis P12921 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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