''Dysomma goslinei'' is an

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 ...

in the family

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 ...

(cutthroat eels).''Dysomma goslinei''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Catherine H. Robins and

Charles Richard Robins Charles Richard Robins (November 25, 1928 – November 12, 2020) was an American academic, environmentalist and ichthyologist. Early life and university Robins was born on November 25, 1928 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Helen Ayers Robins and C ...

in 1976.Robins, C. H. and C. R. Robins, 1976 (15 Apr.) ef. 3784''New genera and species of dysommine and synaphobranchine eels (Synaphobranchidae) with an analysis of the Dysomminae.'' Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 127: 249-280. It is a

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

eel which is known from the

Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...

. Males can reach a maximum

total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology. Overall length * Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish ...

of 19.7 centimetres. Named in honor of the authors’ colleague, ichthyologist William A. Gosline (1915-2002) of the University of Michigan.

References

Synaphobranchidae Taxa named by Charles Richard Robins Taxa named by Catherine H. Robins Fish described in 1976 {{Anguilliformes-stub