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Common names: Basketwork eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Doonan, I.J., M. Dunn and A.C. Hart, 2009
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Uses: no uses
Comments: First record in the Chathams Island (Ref. 45493). Recorded as scarce in the Northeastern and Eastern Chatham Rise (Ref. 87166). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ. Also Ref. 3973.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Synaphobranchidae (Cutthroat eels) > Synaphobranchinae
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Common names from other countries

Egorgé à oeil bleu, 南非舒鳃鳗, Korvangerjas, ... more

Main reference

Gon, O. 1990. (Ref. 5167)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 180 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57911)

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 183 - 2000 m (Ref. 57911)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred 17°C (Ref. 107945); 5°N - 50°S, 50°W - 179°E

Distribution

Circum-austral, except eastern Pacific (Ref. 26895). Distributed on the continental slope of South Africa, off Tasmania, New Zealand, Discovery Seamount and the Rio Grande Rise off South America (Ref. 5167). Also found in Argentina (Ref. 47881).
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Short description

Dark purplish black in color (Ref. 3973). Lateral line pores before anus about 27 (Ref. 3973).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.4 ±0.5 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming tmax>10)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Very high vulnerability (81 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923