Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Synaphobranchidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Dysomma | |
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Dysomma longirostrum is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels). It was described by Chen Yu-Yun and Michael Hin-Kiu Mok in 2001. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Taiwan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 100-150 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 19.6 centimetres.
The species epithet refers to the eel's long snout.
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