Dysomma

Dysomma is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. These eels are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Dysomma
Dysomma anguillare
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Synaphobranchidae
Subfamily:	Ilyophinae
Genus:	Dysomma Alcock, 1889
Type species
Dysomma bucephalus Alcock, 1889[1]
Synonyms[1]
Dysommopsis Alcock, 1891 Nettodarus Whitley, 1951 Sinomyrus S.-Y. Lin, 1933 Todarus Grassi & Calandruccio, 1896

Species

There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Dysomma achiropteryx Prokofiev, 2019
• Dysomma alticorpus Fricke, Golani, Appelbaum-Golani & Zajonz, 2018 (pale cutthroat eel)
• Dysomma anguillare Barnard, 1923 (short-belly arrowtooth eel)
• Dysomma brachygnathos H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018 (short-jaw cutthroat eel)
• Dysomma brevirostre (Facciolà, 1887) (pig-nosed arrowtooth eel)
• Dysomma bucephalus Alcock, 1889
• Dysomma bussarawiti Prokofiev, 2019
• Dysomma dolichosomatum Karrer, 1982
• Dysomma formosa H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018 (white cutthroat eel)
• Dysomma fuscoventralis Karrer & Klausewitz, 1982
• Dysomma goslinei C. H. Robins & C. R. Robins, 1976
• Dysomma intermedium Vo & Ho, 2024
• Dysomma longirostrum Y. Y. Chen & H. K. Mok, 2001
• Dysomma melanurum J. S. T. F. Chen & H. T. C. Weng, 1967
• Dysomma muciparus (Alcock, 1891)
• Dysomma opisthoproctus Y. Y. Chen & H. K. Mok, 1995
• Dysomma phuketense Prokofiev, 2019
• Dysomma polycatodon Karrer, 1982
• Dysomma robinsorum H. C. Ho & Tighe, 2018 (Robinses' cutthroat eel)
• Dysomma taiwanensis H. C. Ho, D. G. Smith & Tighe, 2015 (Taiwanese arrowtooth eel) ^[3]
• Dysomma tridens C. H. Robins, E. B. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1989