Dysomma is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. These eels are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:
- Dysomma achiropteryx <small>Prokofiev, 2019</small>
- Dysomma alticorpus <small>Fricke, Golani, Appelbaum-Golani & Zajonz, 2018</small> (pale cutthroat eel)
- Dysomma anguillare <small>Barnard, 1923</small> (short-belly arrowtooth eel)
- Dysomma brachygnathos <small>H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018</small> (short-jaw cutthroat eel)
- Dysomma brevirostre <small>(FacciolÃÂ, 1887)</small> (pig-nosed arrowtooth eel)
- Dysomma bucephalus <small>Alcock, 1889</small>
- Dysomma bussarawiti <small>Prokofiev, 2019</small>
- Dysomma dolichosomatum <small>Karrer, 1982</small>
- Dysomma formosa <small>H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018</small> (white cutthroat eel)
- Dysomma fuscoventralis <small>Karrer & Klausewitz, 1982</small>
- Dysomma goslinei <small>C. H. Robins & C. R. Robins, 1976</small>
- Dysomma intermedium <small>Vo & Ho, 2024</small>
- Dysomma longirostrum <small>Y. Y. Chen & H. K. Mok, 2001</small>
- Dysomma melanurum <small>J. S. T. F. Chen & H. T. C. Weng, 1967</small>
- Dysomma muciparus <small>(Alcock, 1891)</small>
- Dysomma opisthoproctus <small>Y. Y. Chen & H. K. Mok, 1995</small>
- Dysomma phuketense <small>Prokofiev, 2019</small>
- Dysomma polycatodon <small>Karrer, 1982</small>
- Dysomma robinsorum <small>H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018</small> (Robinses' cutthroat eel)
- Dysomma taiwanensis <small>H. C. Ho, D. G. Smith & Tighe, 2015</small> (Taiwanese arrowtooth eel)
- Dysomma tridens <small>C. H. Robins, E. B. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1989</small>
References