Dysomma is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. These eels are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Dysomma | |
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| Dysomma anguillare | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
| Subfamily: | Ilyophinae |
| Genus: | Dysomma Alcock, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Dysomma bucephalus Alcock, 1889[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editThere are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Dysomma achiropteryx Prokofiev, 2019
- Dysomma alticorpus Fricke, Golani, Appelbaum-Golani & Zajonz, 2018 (pale cutthroat eel)
- Dysomma anguillare Barnard, 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 bussarawiti Prokofiev, 2019
- Dysomma dolichosomatum Karrer, 1982
- Dysomma formosa H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018 (white cutthroat eel)
- Dysomma fuscoventralis Karrer & Klausewitz, 1982
- Dysomma goslinei C. H. Robins & C. R. Robins, 1976
- Dysomma intermedium Vo & Ho, 2024
- 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 phuketense Prokofiev, 2019
- 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) [3]
- Dysomma tridens C. H. Robins, E. B. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1989
References
edit- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Synaphobranchidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Dysomma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ↑ Ho, H.-C.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K.A. (2015). "Review of the arrowtooth eel genera Dysomma and Dysommina in Taiwan, with the description of a new species (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 86–104.
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