Family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels) Gill slits ventrolateral to ventral, united. Scales present. 10 genera with about 35 species. Deepwater, worldwide. Initially the eels were split into the Colocephali (morays) and Enchelycephali (others), and the suborder Carenchelyi for the Derichthyidae was added later. The current classification…
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