Biology:Dysomma goslinei

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Dysomma goslinei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Dysomma
Species:
D. goslinei
Binomial name
Dysomma goslinei
C. R. Robins & C. H. Robins, 1976

Dysomma goslinei is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[1] It was described by Catherine H. Robins and Charles Richard Robins in 1976.[2] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific. Males can reach a maximum total length of 19.7 centimetres.[1]

Named in honor of the authors’ colleague, ichthyologist William A. Gosline (1915-2002) of the University of Michigan.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dysomma goslinei at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Robins, C. H. and C. R. Robins, 1976 (15 Apr.) [ref. 3784] New genera and species of dysommine and synaphobranchine eels (Synaphobranchidae) with an analysis of the Dysomminae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 127: 249-280.
  3. "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families PROTANGUILLIDAE, SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE, HETERENCHELYIDAE, MYROCONGRIDAE, MURAENIDAE, CHLOPSIDAE and DERICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/anguilliformes1/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2344732 entry