Dysomma goslinei

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Dysomma goslinei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Synaphobranchidae
Genus:
Species:
D. goslinei
Binomial name
Dysomma goslinei
C. R. Robins & , 1976

Dysomma goslinei is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[1] It was described by and Charles Richard Robins in 1976.[2] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific. Males can reach a maximum total length of 19.7 centimetres.[1]

Named in honor of the authors’ colleague, ichthyologist (1915-2002) of the University of Michigan.[3]


References[]

  1. ^ a b Dysomma goslinei at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Robins, C. H. and C. R. Robins, 1976 (15 Apr.) [ref. 3784] New genera and species of dysommine and synaphobranchine eels (Synaphobranchidae) with an analysis of the Dysomminae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 127: 249-280.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families PROTANGUILLIDAE, SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE, HETERENCHELYIDAE, MYROCONGRIDAE, MURAENIDAE, CHLOPSIDAE and DERICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 November 2021.


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