Dysomma goslinei
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
| Genus: | Dysomma |
| Species: | D. goslinei
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| Binomial name | |
| Dysomma goslinei C. R. Robins & C. H. Robins, 1976
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Dysomma goslinei is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[1] It was described by Catherine H. Robins and Charles Richard Robins in 1976.[2] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific. Males can reach a maximum total length of 19.7 centimetres.[1]
Named in honor of the authors’ colleague, ichthyologist William A. Gosline (1915-2002) of the University of Michigan.[3]
References
- ^ a b Dysomma goslinei at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Robins, C. H. and C. R. Robins, 1976 (15 Apr.) [ref. 3784] New genera and species of dysommine and synaphobranchine eels (Synaphobranchidae) with an analysis of the Dysomminae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 127: 249-280.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families PROTANGUILLIDAE, SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE, HETERENCHELYIDAE, MYROCONGRIDAE, MURAENIDAE, CHLOPSIDAE and DERICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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