Synaphobranchus kaupii, also known as Kaup's arrowtooth eel, is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific and eastern and western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 120 to 4,800 metres, and inhabits the upper abyssal zone on the continental slope.
Animalia (Kingdom); Chordata (Phylum); Vertebrata (Subphylum); Gnathostomata (Infraphylum); Osteichthyes (Parvphylum); Actinopterygii (Gigaclass); Actinopteri (Superclass); Teleostei (Class); Anguilliformes (Order); Synaphobranchidae (Family); Synaphobranchinae (Subfamily); Synaphobranchus (Genus); Synaphobranchus kaupii (Species)
Synaphobranchus kaupii Johnson, 1862
1. Yate J. 2. Descriptions of some New Genera and Species of Fishes obtained at Madeira[C]//Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1862, 30(1): 167-180. (Johnson et al., 1862)
Feed on decapods, natantia, amphipods, fishes and cephalopods
Gulf of Saint Lawrence, North Atlantic Ocean, South Africa at depths of 800- 2000 m
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synaphobranchus kaupii | Chordata | Kaup's arrowtooth eel | Deep sea | 967 | Southwest of Taiwan (22°17.466N 119°59.652 E) | 118154 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness (%) | Scaffold/Contig N50 (kb) | GC content (%) | Repeat Rate (%) | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKAU_1.1 | 1.5Gb | Chromosome | 2023 | JAINUF01 | GenoFish - INRAE (Fish Physiology and Genomics laboratory) | PRJNA743503 | 97.90 | 76,800/519.8 | 42.5 | - | 43,073 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Genome structures resolve the early diversification of teleost fishes | Science | 36758078 |
