''Dysommina'' is a genus 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 Synaphobranchidae. It currently contains the following species:
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Dysommina proboscideus''
( E. H. M. Lea, 1913)
* ''
Dysommina rugosa
''Dysommina rugosa'' is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels). It was described by Isaac Ginsburg in 1951.Ginsburg, I., 1951 (30 Sept.) ef. 1804''The eels of the northern Gulf Coast of the United States and some related specie ...
''
Ginsburg, 1951
* ''
Dysommina orientalis''
Tighe et al., 2018
In 2005 there was discovered
Eel City
Eel City is the name given to a community of deep-sea eels living amongst hydrothermal vents in the new volcano of Nafanua in American Samoa. It is unique because most hydrothermal vents are predominantly inhabited by invertebrates, whereas there i ...
- an unusual community of ''Dysommina rugosa'' on the summit of
Vailulu'u submarine volcano.
References
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Synaphobranchidae
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