Pignosed arrowtooth eel

Pignosed arrowtooth eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Dysomma
Species: D. brevirostre
Binomial name
Dysomma brevirostre
(Facciolà, 1887)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nettastoma brevirostre Facciolà, 1887
  • Todarus brevirostre (Facciolà, 1887)
  • Nettodarus brevirostris (Facciolà, 1887)
  • Leptocephalus telescopicus Schmidt, 1913

The Pignosed arrowtooth eel (Dysomma brevirostre, also known as the Batnose eel[2]) is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[3] It was described by Luigi Facciolà in 1887.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean, including Madeira Island, the Gulf of Guinea, the Ligurian Sea, Italy, and Florida and Hawaii, USA. It dwells at a depth range of 200 to 1,000 metres (660 to 3,280 ft), and inhabits soft sediments on the continental slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of 30 centimetres (12 in).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Dysomma brevirostre at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Dysomma brevirostre at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Dysomma brevirostre at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Facciolà, L., 1887 [ref. 16780] Intorno a due Lepadogastrini ed un nuovo Nettastoma del mare di Sicilia. Lettera al Ch. Dott. Cristoforo Bellotti. Naturalista Siciliano [Il Naturalista Siciliano, Giornale di scienze naturali] v. 6: 163-167, Pl. 3.
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