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Dysomma longirostrum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Synaphobranchidae
Genus:	Dysomma
Species:	D. longirostrum
Binomial name
Dysomma longirostrum Chen & Mok, 2001

Dysomma longirostrum is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels). It was described by Chen Yu-Yun and Michael Hin-Kiu Mok in 2001. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Taiwan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 100–150 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 19.6 centimetres.

The species epithet refers to the eel's long snout.

References

1. ^ Dysomma longirostrum at www.fishbase.org.
2. Chen, Y.-Y. and H.-K. Mok, 2001 A new synaphobranchid eel, Dysomma longirostrum (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae), from the northeastern coast of Taiwan. Zoological Studies v. 40 (no. 2): 79-83.

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