Dysomma
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Dysomma is a genus of eel
s in the cutthroat eel family Synaphobranchidae. It currently contains the following species:
Eel
Eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and approximately 800 species. Most eels are predators...
s in the cutthroat eel family Synaphobranchidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Dysomma anguillare BarnardKeppel Harcourt BarnardKeppel Harcourt Barnard , was a South African zoologist and museum director. He was the only son of Harcourt George Barnard M.A. , a solicitor from Lambeth, and Anne Elizabeth Porter of Royston....
, 1923 (Shortbelly eel) - Dysomma brevirostre (Facciolà, 1887) (Pig-nosed arrowtooth eel)
- Dysomma bucephalus AlcockAlfred William AlcockAlfred William Alcock was a British physician naturalist and carcinologist.Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay, India who retired to live in Blackheath...
, 1889 - Dysomma dolichosomatum Karrer, 1982
- Dysomma fuscoventralis Karrer & Klausewitz, 1982
- Dysomma goslinei C. H. Robins & C. R. Robins, 1976
- Dysomma longirostrum Yu-Yun Chen & H. K. Mok, 2001
- Dysomma melanurum J. S. T. F. Chen & T. C. Weng, 1967
- Dysomma muciparus (AlcockAlfred William AlcockAlfred William Alcock was a British physician naturalist and carcinologist.Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay, India who retired to live in Blackheath...
, 1891) - Dysomma opisthoproctus Yu-Yun Chen & H. K. Mok, 1995
- Dysomma polycatodon Karrer, 1982
- Dysomma tridens C. H. Robins, E. B. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1989