Bruun's cutthroat eel
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Bruun's cutthroat eel, Histiobranchus bruuni, is a cutthroat eel of the genus Histiobranchus, found around New Zealand at the bottom of the deep ocean basin at depths of between 4,000 and 5,000 m. Their length is between 40 and 60 cm.
Bruun's cutthroat eel is very similar to the deepwater arrowtooth eel but is smaller and more slender, and lives at greater depth. Little else is known about this fish due to the extreme depth in which it lives.
[edit] References
- Histiobranchus bruuni (TSN 635802). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 19 March 2006.
- "Histiobranchus bruuni". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 978-0-00-216987-5
