Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Synaphobranchidae Cutthroat eels
Subfamily: Ilyophinae
Genus: Dysomma

(See list of species below)


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18 species (see list below)
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Photo by Darom, D.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 32.3 cm TL
Dysomma alticorpus Fricke, Golani, Appelbaum-Golani & Zajonz, 2018

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Dysomma alticorpus
[Pale cutthroat eel]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Widespread in the Indo-W
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Dysomma anguillare Barnard, 1923

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Dysomma anguillare
[Shortbelly eel]
No picture found

Max. Length 24.2 cm TL
 
Dysomma brachygnathos
[Short-jaw cutthroat eel]

Photo by Costa, F.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Dysomma brevirostre (Facciolà, 1887)

Photo by Photo by Costa, F.
 
Dysomma brevirostre
[Pignosed arrowtooth eel]
No picture found
 
Dysomma bucephalus
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 35.7 cm TL
Dysomma dolichosomatum Karrer, 1983

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Dysomma dolichosomatum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 36.2 cm TL
 
Dysomma formosa
[White cutthroat eel]
No picture found
 
Dysomma fuscoventralis
[]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 19.7 cm TL
Dysomma goslinei Robins & Robins, 1976

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Dysomma goslinei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 52.5 cm TL
 
Dysomma intermedium
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 28.5 cm TL
 
Dysomma longirostrum
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Northwestern Pacific. Ta
Max. Length 29.7 cm TL
Dysomma melanurum Chen & Weng, 1967

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Dysomma melanurum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm TL
 
Dysomma muciparus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 42.1 cm TL
 
Dysomma opisthoproctus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 60 cm TL
 
Dysomma polycatodon
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 19.1 cm TL
 
Dysomma robinsorum
[Robinses' cutthroat eel]
No picture found

Max. Length 49.6 cm TL
 
Dysomma taiwanense
[Taiwanese arrowtooth eel]
No picture found
 
Dysomma tridens
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Dysomma alticorpus Pale cutthroat eel Western Indian Ocean 32.3 TL 2018
Dysomma anguillare Shortbelly eel Widespread in the Indo-W 60 TL 1923
Dysomma brachygnathos Short-jaw cutthroat eel Northwestern Pacific 24.2 TL 2018
Dysomma brevirostre Pignosed arrowtooth eel Eastern Atlantic 30 TL 1887
Dysomma bucephalus Indo-Pacific 1889
Dysomma dolichosomatum Indo-West Pacific 35.7 TL 1983
Dysomma formosa White cutthroat eel Northwestern Pacific 36.2 TL 2018
Dysomma fuscoventralis Western Indian Ocean 1982
Dysomma goslinei Indo-Pacific. 19.7 TL 1976
Dysomma intermedium Western Pacific 52.5 TL 2024
Dysomma longirostrum Western Pacific 28.5 TL 2001
Dysomma melanurum Northwestern Pacific. Ta 29.7 TL 1967
Dysomma muciparus Indo-Pacific. 1.6 TL 1891
Dysomma opisthoproctus Northwest Pacific 42.1 TL 1995
Dysomma polycatodon Indo-Pacific. 60 TL 1983
Dysomma robinsorum Robinses' cutthroat eel Northwestern Pacific 19.1 TL 2018
Dysomma taiwanense Taiwanese arrowtooth eel Western Pacific 49.6 TL 2015
Dysomma tridens Western Central Atlantic 1989



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