''Haptenchelys'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of deep-water

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

in the family Synaphobranchidae. It contains two species. It is found in the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

and

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

at depths of .

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: * '' Haptenchelys parviocularis'' Tashiro & Shinohara, 2014 (Small-eyed abyssal eel) Tashiro, F. & Shinohara, G. (2014): A new species of deep-sea synaphobranchid eel, ''Haptenchelys parviocularis'' (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae), from Japan. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (2): 115-121.'' * '' Haptenchelys texis'' C. H. Robins & D. M. Martin, 1976

References

Synaphobranchidae {{Anguilliformes-stub