Dysommina

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Dysommina
Swarms of small synaphobranchid eels, Dysommina rugosa, live in the crevices on the summit of Nafanua.jpg
Scientific classification e
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:


In 2005 there was discovered Eel City - an unusual community of Dysommina rugosa on the summit of Vailulu'u submarine volcano.

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