Dysomma

Dysomma
Dysomma anguillare
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Synaphobranchidae
Subfamily:	Ilyophinae
Genus:	Dysomma Alcock, 1889
Type species
Dysomma bucephalus Alcock, 1889[1]
Synonyms[1]
Dysommopsis Alcock, 1891 Nettodarus Whitley, 1951 Sinomyrus S.-Y. Lin, 1933 Todarus Grassi & Calandruccio, 1896

Dysomma is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. These eels are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[2]

• Dysomma achiropteryx Prokofiev, 2019
• Dysomma alticorpus Fricke, Golani, Appelbaum-Golani & Zajonz, 2018 (pale cutthroat eel)
• Dysomma anguillare Barnard, 1923 (short-belly arrowtooth eel)
• Dysomma brachygnathos H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018 (short-jaw cutthroat eel)
• Dysomma brevirostre (Facciolà, 1887) (pig-nosed arrowtooth eel)
• Dysomma bucephalus Alcock, 1889
• Dysomma bussarawiti Prokofiev, 2019
• Dysomma dolichosomatum Karrer, 1982
• Dysomma formosa H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018 (white cutthroat eel)
• Dysomma fuscoventralis Karrer & Klausewitz, 1982
• Dysomma goslinei C. H. Robins & C. R. Robins, 1976
• Dysomma intermedium Vo & Ho, 2024
• Dysomma longirostrum Y. Y. Chen & H. K. Mok, 2001
• Dysomma melanurum J. S. T. F. Chen & H. T. C. Weng, 1967
• Dysomma muciparus (Alcock, 1891)
• Dysomma opisthoproctus Y. Y. Chen & H. K. Mok, 1995
• Dysomma phuketense Prokofiev, 2019
• Dysomma polycatodon Karrer, 1982
• Dysomma robinsorum H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018 (Robinses' cutthroat eel)
• Dysomma taiwanensis H. C. Ho, D. G. Smith & Tighe, 2015 (Taiwanese arrowtooth eel) [3]
• Dysomma tridens C. H. Robins, E. B. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1989

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Synaphobranchidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Dysomma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
3. 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)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 86–104.