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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae Cutthroat eels
Subfamily: Ilyophinae
Genus: Dysomma

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12 species (see list below)

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Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 52 cm TL
Dysomma anguillare Barnard, 1923

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Dysomma anguillare
[Shortbelly eel]

Photo by Costa, F.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Dysomma brevirostre (Facciolà, 1887)

Photo by Costa, F.
 
Dysomma brevirostre
[Pignosed arrowtooth eel]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific.
 
Dysomma bucephalus
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Indo-Pacific.

Dysomma dolichosomatum Karrer, 1983

Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Dysomma dolichosomatum
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Dysomma fuscoventralis
[]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 19.7 cm TL
Dysomma goslinei Robins & Robins, 1976

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Dysomma goslinei
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 19.6 cm TL
 
Dysomma longirostrum
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Western Pacific.
Max. Length 23.7 cm TL
Dysomma melanurum Chen & Weng, 1967

Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Dysomma melanurum
[]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific.
 
Dysomma muciparus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 42.1 cm TL
 
Dysomma opisthoproctus
[]
No picture found
Indo-Pacific.
 
Dysomma polycatodon
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
 
Dysomma tridens
[]
12 Species of Family Synaphobranchidae with Genus Dysomma
(Cutthroat eels)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1923 Dysomma anguillare Shortbelly eel Western Atlantic 52 TL
1887 Dysomma brevirostre Pignosed arrowtooth eel Eastern Atlantic 30 TL
1889 Dysomma bucephalus Indo-Pacific.
1983 Dysomma dolichosomatum Indo-Pacific.
1982 Dysomma fuscoventralis Western Indian Ocean
1976 Dysomma goslinei Indo-Pacific. 19.7 TL
2001 Dysomma longirostrum Northwest Pacific 19.6 TL
1967 Dysomma melanurum Western Pacific. 23.7 TL
1891 Dysomma muciparus Indo-Pacific.
1995 Dysomma opisthoproctus Northwest Pacific 42.1 TL
1983 Dysomma polycatodon Indo-Pacific.
1989 Dysomma tridens Western Central Atlantic



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