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Dysomma anguillare
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Synaphobranchidae
Genus:	Dysomma
Species:	D. anguillare
Binomial name
Dysomma anguillare Barnard, 1923
Synonyms
Dysomma anguillaris Barnard, 1923 Dysomma zanzibarensis Norman, 1939

Dysomma anguillare, the shortbelly eel, stout moray, mustard eel or arrowtooth eel, is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels). It was described by Keppel Harcourt Barnard in 1923. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Western Pacific, including the United States, Venezuela, South Africa, Zanzibar, and Japan. It lives at a depth range of 30 to 270 metres (98 to 886 ft), and inhabits muddy sediments in coastal waters and large rivermouths. Males can reach a maximum total length of 52 centimetres (20 in).

The shortbelly eel is of no commercial interest to fisheries.

References

1. Synonyms of Dysomma anguillare at www.fishbase.org.
2. Common names of Dysomma anguillare at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Dysomma anguillare at www.fishbase.org.
4. Barnard, K. H., 1923 (Sept.) Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. Annals of the South African Museum v. 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439–445.

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