Simenchelys parasitica Gill 1879

Melo, Marcelo R. S., Nunan, Gustavo W. A., Braga, Adriana C. & Costa, Paulo A. S., 2009, The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S, Zootaxa 2234, pp. 1-20 : 13

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5684017
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scientific name	Simenchelys parasitica Gill 1879
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Material examined. Three specimens, 353.0–987.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26734 (1, 409.0 mm), T, E-525; MNRJ 26735 (1, 353.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003021001; MNRJ 26736 (1, 987.0 mm), AG, ASTRO 2003082601.

Distribution. Simenchelys parasitica was described from off Canada and has a worldwide distribution in temperate and tropical seas, from about 44º N to 42º S ( Sulak & Shcherbachev 1997).

Sulak, K. J. & Shcherbachev, Y. N. (1997) Zoogeography and systematics of six deep-living genera of synaphobranchid eels, with a key to taxa and description of two new species of Ilyophis. Bulletin of Marine Science, 60, 1158 - 1194.

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FIGURE 4. (A) Ilyophis blachei (MNRJ 26827, 641.0 mm); (B) Ilyophis brunneus (MNRJ 26826, 279.0 mm); (C) Simenchelys parasitica (MNRJ 26736, 987.0 mm); (D) Synaphobranchus affinis (MNRJ 26758, 443.0 mm); (E) Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis (MNRJ 26782, 839.0 mm); (F) Synaphobranchus calvus (MNRJ 28279, 530.0 mm); (G) Synaphobranchus oregoni (MNRJ 27103, 537.0 mm); (H) Cyema atrum (MNRJ 26862, 101.0 mm).