Biology:Dysomma brevirostre
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
| Genus: | Dysomma |
| Species: | D. brevirostre
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| Binomial name | |
| Dysomma brevirostre (Facciolà, 1887)
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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
- ↑ Synonyms of Dysomma brevirostre at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Dysomma brevirostre at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dysomma brevirostre at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2361918 entry
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