Dysomma longirostrum
Appearance
Dysomma longirostrum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
Genus: | Dysomma |
Species: | D. longirostrum
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Binomial name | |
Dysomma longirostrum Chen & Mok, 2001
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Dysomma longirostrum is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[1] It was described by Chen Yu-Yun and Michael Hin-Kiu Mok in 2001.[2] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Taiwan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 100–150 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 19.6 centimetres.[1]
The species epithet refers to the eel's long snout.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Dysomma longirostrum at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Chen, Y.-Y. and H.-K. Mok, 2001 [ref. 25465] A new synaphobranchid eel, Dysomma longirostrum (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae), from the northeastern coast of Taiwan. Zoological Studies v. 40 (no. 2): 79-83.