Dysomma anguillare Barnard 1923
- Dataset
- Review of the arrowtooth eel genera Dysomma and Dysommina in Taiwan, with the description of a new species (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Curculionidae
- genus
- Dysomma
- species
- Dysomma anguillare
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Pectoral fin present; dorsal-fin origin slightly anterior to pectoral-fin base, predorsal length 10.7 – 13.1 % TL; anus anterior, below tip of pectoral fin, preanal length 15.9 – 18.9 % TL; trunk very short, 2.8 – 5.5 % TL; two intermaxillary teeth; 4 compound teeth on vomer; single row of 9 – 11 large compound teeth on lower jaw; head pores: IO 4, SO 3; M 6; POP 0; AD 1, F 0, ST 0; lateral-line pores: predorsal 3 – 6, prepectoral 6 – 9, preanal 8 – 12, total 57 – 75, the last at posterior two-thirds of total length; MVF 8 - 14 - 124, total vertebrae 119 – 128 (119 – 130 in Robins & Robins, 1989). Body light brown to blackish dorsally, paler ventrally. Dorsal fin and most part of anal fin white; posterior margin of anal fin with black and white color. Caudal fin black with upper margin white.
distribution
Distribution. Widespread in the Indo-west Pacific and Atlantic oceans, although the taxonomic status of the various geographic populations is still to be determined. In Taiwan, it is the most abundant species of Dysomma and can be collected by bottom and midwater trawls from near the surface (<50 m) to as deep as 600 m.
Name
- Homonyms
- Dysomma anguillare Barnard 1923