Dysommina
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| Dysommina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
| Genus: | Dysommina Ginsburg, 1951 |
| Species | |
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Dysommina is a genus of eels in the cutthroat eel family Synaphobranchidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Dysommina proboscideus (E. H. M. Lea, 1913)
- Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg, 1951
In 2005 there was discovered Eel City - an unusual community of Dysommina rugosa on the summit of Vailulu'u submarine volcano.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Dysommina in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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