Gilbert's Synaphobranchid Eel
Synaphobranchus affinis
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Synaphobranchidae
- Genus
- Synaphobranchus
Where to Find
Found in 26 diving areas across 17 countries and 7 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 113 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 2 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 9 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 9 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 5 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 1 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 7 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 11 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 2 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 6 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 20 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 2 records