Dysommina Ginsburg, 1951

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G. & Tighe, Kenneth A., 2015, Review of the arrowtooth eel genera Dysomma and Dysommina in Taiwan, with the description of a new species (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae), Zootaxa 4060 (1), pp. 86-104 : 100

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.12
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scientific name	Dysommina Ginsburg, 1951
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Dysommina Ginsburg, 1951 View in CoL View at ENA

Dysommina Ginsburg, 1951:450 View in CoL (type species: Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg 1951 View in CoL , by monotypy).

Definition. A genus of Synaphobranchidae View in CoL with a row of large compound teeth on the vomer and the following combination of characters: body moderately elongate, slightly compressed in head and trunk; scales absent; pectoral fin present; dorsal-fin origin over or slightly behind tip of pectoral fin; pores in lateral line absent; intermaxillary teeth absent; snout projects slightly beyond lower jaw; anus more than 1 head length behind pectoral-fin tip; multiple serial teeth on lower jaw; and gill openings well-separated.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Anguilliformes
Family	Synaphobranchidae