Dysomma robinsorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synaphobranchoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Synaphobranchoidei

Familia: Synaphobranchidae
Subfamilia: Ilyophinae
Genus: Dysomma
Species: Dysomma robinsorum

Name

Dysomma robinsorum H.-C. Ho & K. A. Tighe, 2018

• Holotype: NMMB -P26327.

• Type locality: off Dong-gang, Pingtung, southwestern Taiwan, northern South China Sea.

• Diagnosis. Pectoral fin present; dorsal-fin origin before pectoral-fin base, predorsal length 11.3–13.8% TL; anus anterior, just below pectoral fin, preanal length 15.5–16.9% TL; trunk very short, trunk length 2.7–4.2% TL; no intermaxillary teeth; 4 compound teeth on vomer; multiple rows of teeth on upper jaw and lower jaw; lateral line short, lateral-line pores 28–33; and MVF 10-14-123.

• Etymology. The species is named after C.H. Robins and C.R. Robins, in recognizing their enormous contribution to eel systematics.

Synonyms

• Dysomma goslinei not of C. H. Robins & C. R. Robins, 1976