A New Synaphobranchid Eel, Dysomma longirostrum (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae), from the Northeastern Coast of Taiwan
Yu-Yun Chen and Hin-Kiu Mok (2001) A new species of the synaphobranchid eel genus Dysomma is described from the northeastern coast of Taiwan based on 1 speci- men collected by bottom trawl at depths from 100 to 150 m. It is characterized as having an exceptionally long snout and jaw (4.6% and 8.2% of total length, respectively), no premaxillary teeth, slender and multiserial teeth on the maxillary and dentary, five large compound teeth on the vomer, a tubelike groove connecting pairs of lateral line pores, and a brownish body color.
Keywords
Synaphobranchidae, Dysomma longirostrum n. sp., Nanfangao.
