Volumen 41 - Número 2: 249-253 | 2006
Nota Científica

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Primer registro en el Pacífico suroriental de la anguila abisal Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923 (Osteichthyes: Synaphobranchidae)

Pablo Reyes^1* y Germán Pequeño¹

¹Universidad Austral de Chile, Instituto de Zoología “Ernst F. Kilian”, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile

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The finding of one specimen (IZUA-PM-2338, 875 mm TL) of Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923 (Osteichthyes: Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae), captured at 2.000 m depth off Golfo de Penas, southernChile (48º31’12’’S-75º15’04’’W) is reported and represents the first record of this genus for the southeastern Pacific. The ichthyogeographical meaning of this finding is also analyzed. A taxonomic key to recognize Chilean synaphobranchid eels is included.

Key words: Continental slope, eel, abyss, Synaphobranchidae, Diastobranchus, Chile