Synaphobranchidae

Dysomma melanurum

Dysomma melanurum

Twenty Nine Point Seven Centimeters Synaphobranchid Fish

• Black
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Dysomma melanurum is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels). It was described by Johnson T. F. Chen and Herman Ting-Chen Weng in 1967. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean.