Biology:Dysomma brevirostre

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Dysomma brevirostre
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Dysomma
Species:
D. brevirostre
Binomial name
Dysomma brevirostre
(Facciolà, 1887)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nettastoma brevirostre Facciolà, 1887
  • Todarus brevirostre (Facciolà, 1887)
  • Nettodarus brevirostris (Facciolà, 1887)
  • Leptocephalus telescopicus Schmidt, 1913

Dysomma brevirostre, the pignosed arrowtooth eel or batnose eel,[2] is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[3] It was described by Luigi Facciolà in 1887.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean, including Madeira Island, the Gulf of Guinea, the Ligurian Sea, Italy, and Florida and Hawaii, United States . It dwells at a depth range of 200 to 1,000 metres (660 to 3,280 ft), and inhabits soft sediments on the continental slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of 30 centimetres (12 in).[3]

References

  1. Synonyms of Dysomma brevirostre at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Dysomma brevirostre at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Dysomma brevirostre at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Facciolà, L., 1887 [ref. 16780] Intorno a due Lepadogastrini ed un nuovo Nettastoma del mare di Sicilia. Lettera al Ch. Dott. Cristoforo Bellotti. Naturalista Siciliano [Il Naturalista Siciliano, Giornale di scienze naturali] v. 6: 163-167, Pl. 3.

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