Dysommina
Genus of fishes
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Dysommina is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. These eels are known from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
| Subfamily: | Ilyophinae |
| Genus: | Dysommina Ginsburg, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg, 1951 | |
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Species
Dysommina currently contains the following species:[1]
- Dysommina brevis V.-Q. Vo & H.-C. Ho, 2024
- Dysommina orientalis Tighe, H.-C. Ho & Hatooka, 2018
- Dysommina proboscideus (E. H. M. Lea, 1913)
- Dysommina pygmaea Tighe & Pogonoski, 2025
- Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg, 1951
In 2005 an Eel City was discovered, this is an unusual community of Dysommina rugosa on the summit of Vailulu'u submarine volcano.[2]
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