Dysomma

Dysomma anguillare

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 (12): D. anguillare – D. brachygnathos – D. brevirostre – D. bucephalus – D. dolichosomatum – D. formosa – D. fuscoventralis – D. goslinei – D. intermedium – D. longirostrum – D. melanurum – D. muciparus – D. opisthoproctus – D. polycatodon – D. robinsorum – D. taiwanensis – D. tridens

Name

• Dysomma Alcock, 1889: 459
  • Gender: neuter
  • Type species: Dysomma bucephalus Alcock, 1889
    • Fixation: monotypy

Synonyms

• Sinomyrus Lin, 1933

References

Primary references

• Alcock, A.W. 1889: Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander Alfred Carpenter, R.N., D.S.O., commanding.—No. 13. On the bathybial fishes of the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring waters, obtained during the seasons 1885-1889. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6), 4 (24): 450–461. BHL

Additional references

• Chen, Y.-Y. & H.-K. Mok, 2001: A new Synaphobranchid eel, Dysomma longirostrum (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae), from the northeastern coast of Taiwan. Zoological Studies 40 (2): 79–83. Full article: [1].
• 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). Zootaxa 4060(1): 86–104. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.12. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Ho, H-C. & Tighe, K.A. 2018. Three new species of the cutthroat eel genus Dysomma, with comments on the variation of D. taiwanense (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae). Pp 52–67 In Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Reference page.  Zootaxa 4454(1): 52–67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.7 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Dysomma species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Dysomma and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• ITIS