Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Synaphobranchoidei
Familia: Synaphobranchidae
Subfamilia: Ilyophinae
Genus: Dysommina
Species (3): D. orientalis – D. proboscideus – D. rugosa
Name
Dysommina Ginsburg, 1951: 450
Gender: feminine
Type species: Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg, 1951
Fixation: original designation [also monotypic]
References
Ginsburg, I. 1951. The eels of the northern Gulf Coast of the United States and some related species. Texas Journal of Science, 3(3): 431–485. Reference page.
Tighe, K.A., Ho, H-C. & Hatooka, K. 2018. A new species of the genus Dysommina (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae) from the Western Pacific. Pp 43–51 In Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Reference page. Zootaxa 4454(1): 43–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.6 Open access PDF Reference page.
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Dysommina species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Dysommina and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS
Dysommina is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. These eels are known from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Species
Dysommina currently contains the following species:[1]
Dysommina brevis V.-Q. Vo & H.-C. Ho, 2024
Dysommina orientalis Tighe, H.-C. Ho & Hatooka, 2018
Dysommina proboscideus (E. H. M. Lea, 1913)
Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg, 1951
In 2005 an Eel City was discovered, this is an unusual community of Dysommina rugosa on the summit of Vailulu'u submarine volcano.[2]
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Dysommina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
"Vailulu'u Eel City and Moat of Death". Wondermondo. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dysommina". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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