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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae Cutthroat eels
Subfamily: Ilyophinae
Genus: Meadia

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Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 73 cm TL
Meadia abyssalis (Kamohara, 1938)

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Meadia abyssalis
[Abyssal cutthroat eel]

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Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 74.5 cm TL
Meadia roseni Mok, Lee & Chan, 1991

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Meadia roseni
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Meadia abyssalis Abyssal cutthroat eel Indo-Pacific 73 TL 1938
Meadia roseni Northwest Pacific 74.5 TL 1991



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