Resumen

REYES, Pablo  y  PEQUENO, Germán. First record of the abyssal eel Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923 in the southeastern Pacific ocean (Osteichthyes: Synaphobranchidae). Rev. biol. mar. oceanogr. [online]. 2006, vol.41, n.2, pp. 249-253. ISSN 0718-1957.  doi: 10.4067/S0718-19572006000200014.

The finding of one specimen (IZUA-PM-2338, 875 mm TL) of Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923 (Osteichthyes: Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae), captured at 2.000 m depth off Golfo de Penas, southern  Chile (48º31’12’’S-75º15’04’’W) is reported and represents the first record of this genus for the southeastern Pacific. The ichthyogeographical meaning of this finding is also analyzed. A taxonomic key to recognize Chilean synaphobranchid eels is included

Palabras clave : Continental slope; eel; abyss; Synaphobranchidae; Diastobranchus; Chile.