Dysomma melanurum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Dysomma
Species:
D. melanurum
Binomial name
Dysomma melanurum
Chen & Weng, 1967

Dysomma melanurum is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[1] It was described by Johnson T. F. Chen and Herman Ting-Chen Weng in 1967.[2] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 23.7 centimetres.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Dysomma melanurum at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Chen, J. T. F. and H. T. C. Weng, 1967 (Oct.) [ref. 7952] A review of the Apodal fishes of Taiwan. Biological Bulletin Tunghai University Ichthyology Series Number 6 No. 32: 1-86.


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