''Dysomma'' is a
genus
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of
eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
s in the cutthroat eel
family
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Synaphobranchidae
Cutthroat eels are a family, Synaphobranchidae, of eels, the only members of the suborder Synaphobranchoidei. They are found worldwide in temperate and tropical seas.
Cutthroat eels range from in length. They are bottom-dwelling fish, found in ...
.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Dysomma anguillare''
Barnard Barnard is a version of the surname Bernard, which is a French and West Germanic masculine given name and surname. The surname means as tough as a bear, Bar(Bear)+nard/hard(hardy/tough)
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, 1923 (Short-belly arrowtooth eel)
* ''
Dysomma brachygnathos''
H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018 (Short-jaw cutthroat eel)
* ''
Dysomma brevirostre''
( Facciolà, 1887) (Pig-nosed arrowtooth eel)
* ''
Dysomma bucephalus''
Alcock, 1889
* ''
Dysomma dolichosomatum''
Karrer, 1982
* ''
Dysomma formosa
''Dysomma'' is a genus of eels in the cutthroat eel family Synaphobranchidae.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Dysomma anguillare'' Barnard Barnard is a version of the surname Bernard, which is a French and ...
''
H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018 (White cutthroat eel)
* ''
Dysomma fuscoventralis''
Karrer & Klausewitz, 1982
* ''
Dysomma goslinei''
C. H. Robins & C. R. Robins, 1976
* ''
Dysomma longirostrum''
Y. Y. Chen & H. K. Mok, 2001
* ''
Dysomma melanurum''
J. S. T. F. Chen & H. T. C. Weng, 1967
* ''
Dysomma muciparus''
( Alcock, 1891)
* ''
Dysomma opisthoproctus''
Y. Y. Chen & H. K. Mok, 1995
* ''
Dysomma polycatodon''
Karrer, 1982
* ''
Dysomma robinsorum''
H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018 (Robinses' cutthroat eel)
* ''
Dysomma taiwanensis''
H. C. Ho, D. G. Smith & Tighe, 2015 (Taiwanese arrowtooth eel)
* ''
Dysomma tridens''
C. H. Robins, E. B. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1989
References
Synaphobranchidae
Taxa named by Alfred William Alcock
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