Shortbelly eel

Shortbelly eel
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]
  • Dysomma anguillaris Barnard, 1923
  • Dysomma zanzibarensis Norman, 1939

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

  1. Synonyms of Dysomma anguillare at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Dysomma anguillare at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 3 Dysomma anguillare at www.fishbase.org.
  4. 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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