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Dysommina rugosa
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Dysommina rugosa

LC Least Concern

Names

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Chinese后肛鳗
Scientific nameDysommina rugosa Ginsburg, 1951

About this species

Dysommina rugosa is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels). It was described by Isaac Ginsburg in 1951. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Atlantic and eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 260–775 metres, and is found off the continental slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of 37 centimetres.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderAnguilliformes
FamilySynaphobranchidae
GenusDysommina

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