Bruun's cutthroat eel

Bruun's cutthroat eel (Histiobranchus bruuni) is a cutthroat eel of the genus Histiobranchus. It is found around New Zealand at the bottom of the deep ocean basin at depths of between 4,000 and 5,000 meters. 

It is the smallest cutthroat eel in the genus, and also in the whole family. Bruun's cutthroat eel is an eel that has a length between 40 and 60 cm. The fins are small. 

 Related pages 
 Deepwater arrowtooth eel
 Histiobranchus australis

  Sources 
 "Histiobranchus bruuni". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Histiobranchus bruuni" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
 Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) 

Category:Animals of New Zealand
Category:Eels