Pignosed arrowtooth eel

Dysomma brevirostre

Thirty Centimeters Eel from Western Atlantic

Pignosed arrowtooth eel is known from Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Dysomma
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Madeira Island and Gulf of Guinea including western Mediterranean (Ligurian Sea, Messina). Western Atlantic: off Florida, USA. Eastern Pacific: Hawaii.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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