| Basketwork eel | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
| Subfamily: | Synaphobranchinae |
| Genus: | Diastobranchus Barnard, 1923 |
| Species: | D. capensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923 | |
The basketwork eel, Diastobranchus capensis, is a cutthroat eel, the only species in the genus Diastobranchus. It is found off southern Australia, South Africa, and around New Zealand, in depths over 1,000 m. Its length is between 80 and 120 cm.
References
- McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2023). "Diastobranchus capensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T199118A2561032. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T199118A2561032.en. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- "Diastobranchus capensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diastobranchus capensis". FishBase. June 2011 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8