Diastobranchus capensis, Basketwork eel

Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923

Basketwork eel
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Synaphobranchidae (Cutthroat eels) > Synaphobranchinae
Etymology: Diastobranchus: Greek, diastasis = separation + Greek, brangchia = gills (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Barnard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 183 - 2000 m (Ref. 57911). Deep-water; 3°C - 4°C (Ref. 96237); 5°N - 50°S, 50°W - 179°E

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Circumaustral, except eastern Pacific (Ref. 26895). Distributed on the continental slope of South Africa, off Tasmania, New Zealand, Discovery Seamount and the Rio Grande Rise off South America (Ref. 5167). Also found in Argentina (Ref. 47881). First record from the far north (Spitzbergen, Svalbard Arch.) (Ref. 96237).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 180 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57911)

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Dark purplish black in color (Ref. 3973). Lateral line pores before anus about 27 (Ref. 3973).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Gon, O., 1990. Synaphobranchidae. p. 102-104. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5167)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2bd); Date assessed: 22 November 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00052 (0.00027 - 0.00103), b=3.13 (2.95 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		4.5   ±0.55 se; based on food items.
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming tmax>10).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Very high vulnerability (81 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability
(Ref. 125649) 		High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 12.2 [7.4, 26.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.37 [0.19, 0.73] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.5, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.324 [0.136, 0.888] g/100g; Selenium = 35.5 [15.9, 78.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.52 [1.53, 39.41] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.226 [0.150, 0.341] mg/100g (wet weight);