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Synaphobranchidae (Cutthroat eels) > Ilyophinae
Etymology: Dysommina: Greek, dys, dyo = two + Greek, omma = eye; orientalis: Name from Latin 'orientalis' meaning 'of the east', referring to the type locality in the Far East off Taiwan and Japan.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
Θαλασσινό(ά) βενθοπελαγικό; εύρος βάθους 120 - 400 m (Ref. 129611). Subtropical
Κατανομή
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Western Pacific: Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam.
Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 62.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 129611)
Short description
Κλείδες προσδιορισμού | Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία
Σπόνδυλοι: 137 - 141. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: predorsal vertebrae 11-12, total vertebrae 137-141, eye diameter less than 10% head length; vomerine dentition is reduced to 3 large compound teeth set in papillose pads with a fourth small tooth more posteriorly, maxillary and mandibular teeth numerous but small (Ref. 129611). Compared to specimens collected from
Taiwan and Japan, the only Vietnamese specimen has a slightly larger pre-anal length, 30.3% TL (vs. 27.0%-29.8% TL) and a slightly shorter tail 69.7% TL (vs. 70.2%-73.0% TL); specimen has an adnasal pore, whereas absent in the Taiwanese specimen (Ref. 131161).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες
Tighe, K.A., H.-C. Ho and K. Hatooka, 2018. A new species of the genus Dysommina (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae) from the Western Pacific. Zootaxa 4454(1):43-51. (Ref. 129611)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
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