Shortbelly eel
| Shortbelly eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
| Genus: | Dysomma |
| Species: | D. anguillare |
| Binomial name | |
| Dysomma anguillare Barnard, 1923 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Shortbelly eel (Dysomma anguillare, also known commonly as the Stout moray, the Mustard eel, and the Arrowtooth eel[2]) is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[3] It was described by Keppel Harcourt Barnard in 1923.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Western Pacific, including the United States, Venezuela, South Africa, Zanzibar, and Japan. It dwells at a depth range of 30 to 270 metres (98 to 886 ft), and inhabits muddy sediments in coastal waters and large rivermouths. Males can reach a maximum total length of 52 centimetres (20 in).[3]
The Shortbelly eel is of no commercial interest to fisheries.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Dysomma anguillare at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Dysomma anguillare at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 3 Dysomma anguillare at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Barnard, K. H., 1923 (Sept.) [ref. 191] Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. Annals of the South African Museum v. 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445.
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