''Histiobranchus'' is a genus of

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 ...

s in the family

Synaphobranchidae Cutthroat eels are a family, Synaphobranchidae, of eels, the only members of the suborder Synaphobranchoidei. They are found worldwide in temperate and tropical seas. Cutthroat eels range from in length. They are bottom-dwelling fish, found in ...

. It currently contains the following species: * ''

Histiobranchus australis The Southern cut-throat eel Scientific Names where Genus Equals ''Histiobranchus''
/ref>World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): ''Histiobranchus'' Gill, 1884 AphiaID: 12565

/ref>National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): ''Histiobranchus'' Taxonomy ID: 12565

/ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): Ilyophis ''Histiobranchus'' Gill, 1883 Taxonomic Serial No.: 16158

/ref> * ''

Histiobranchus bathybius The deepwater arrowtooth eel, ''Histiobranchus bathybius'', is a cutthroat eel of the genus ''Histiobranchus ''Histiobranchus'' is a genus of eels in the family Synaphobranchidae Cutthroat eels are a family, Synaphobranchidae, of eels, t ...

'' (Deepwater arrowtooth eel)(Günther, 1877) * ''

Histiobranchus bruuni Bruun's cutthroat eel, ''Histiobranchus bruuni'', is a cutthroat eel of the genus ''Histiobranchus'', found around New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two ...

'' (Bruun's cutthroat eel)Castle, 1964

References

* Synaphobranchidae Ray-finned fish genera {{Anguilliformes-stub