Synaphobranchus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Synaphobranchus

| image = Synaphobranchus affinis.jpg

| image_caption = Synaphobranchus affinis

| taxon = Synaphobranchus

| authority = J. Y. Johnson, 1862

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

See text.

}}

Synaphobranchus is a genus of eels in the cutthroat eel family, Synaphobranchidae. It currently contains the following species:

• Synaphobranchus affinis Günther, 1877 (Grey cutthroat eel)
• Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis Günther, 1887 (Shortdorsal cutthroat eel)
• Synaphobranchus calvus M. R. S. de Melo, 2007
• Synaphobranchus dolichorhynchus (E. H. M. Lea, 1913)
• Synaphobranchus kaupii J. Y. Johnson, 1862 (Kaup's arrowtooth eel)
• Synaphobranchus oregoni Castle, 1960