Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg 1951
Description
Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg, 1951
Fig. 8; Table 3
Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg, 1951:450 (type locality: off Cumberland Island, Georgia, U.S.A., western North Atlantic, 30°53'00"N, 79°42'30"W, depth 273 fathoms [499 m]). Karrer, 1983:96. Robins & Robins, 1989:242. Smith, 1999:1661.
Specimens examined. Collected from Dong-sha Island, South China Sea: ASIZP 57954 (1 spec., 238 mm TL), 17 Aug. 1991. Collected from Dong-gang fishing port, SW Taiwan, bottom trawl: NMMB-P8361 (1, 258), 16 Mar. 2005. NMMB-P11131 (1, 413), 13 Sep. 2010. NMMB-P14012 (1, 316), 20 Oct. 2011. NSYU uncat. (2, twisted).
Other localities. Solomon Islands: MNHN 2006-0017 (1, 350), 8°16’26.4”S, 160°4’33.6”E, 23 Oct. 2004. MNHN 2006-0461 (1), 7°45'S, 156°28'22.8"E, 582–609 m, 1 Nov. 2004. MNHN 2006-0509 (1), 8°16'33.6"S, 160°4'33.6"E, 430 m, 23 Oct. 2004. Madagascar: MNHN 1979-0005 (1), 18°54’S, 43°55’1.2”E, 24 Nov. 1973. Philippines: MNHN 1998-0641 (1), 13°49’1.2”N, 120°49’58.8”E, 23 Nov. 1980. USNM 343985 (1, 362+), 12°54’29"N, 12°57’30”E, 376–382 m, 23 Sep. 1995. New Caledonia: MNHN 1995-0329 (1, 140), 22°6’S, 167°10’1.2”E, 550 m, 3 Oct. 1985. MNHN 2003-1529 (1, 198), 23°42’S, 168°15’E, 12 Aug. 1999.
Diagnosis. Pectoral fin present; dorsal-fin origin over tip of pectoral fin, predorsal length 14.0–17.1% TL; anus posterior, more than 1 head length behind pectoral fin, preanal length 26.8–28.8% TL; trunk long, trunk length 12.8–16.4% TL; no intermaxillary teeth; 4 compound teeth on vomer; multiple rows of teeth on upper jaw and lower jaw; head pores: IO 4, SO 3, M 6, POP 0, AD 1, ST 0, F 0; lateral-line pores absent; MVF 11-28-136, total vertebrae 133–141.
Body light brownish dorsally, paler ventrally; dorsal and anal fins with white margin, posterior one third of anal-fin base and posterior one-seventh of anal fin black.
Distribution. Widespread in tropical Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific Oceans. Specimens examined in present study were collected at depths of 376– 609 m.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Synaphobranchidae
- Genus
- Dysommina
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Ginsburg
- Species
- rugosa
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg, 1951 sec. Ho, Smith & Tighe, 2015
References
- Ginsburg, I. (1951) The eels of the northern Gulf Coast of the United States and some related species. Texas Journal of Science, 3 (3), 431 - 485.
- Karrer, C. (1983) Anguilliformes du Canal de Mozambique (Pisces, Teleostei). Faune Tropicale, 23, 1 - 116.
- Robins, C. H. & Robins, C. R. (1989) Family Synaphobranchidae. In: Bohlke, E. B. (Ed.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, 1 (Part 9), 207 - 253.
- Smith, D. G. (1999) Synaphobranchidae. In: Carpenter, K. E. & Niem, V. H. (Eds.), FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 3. Batoid fishes, chimeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome, pp. 1658 - 1661.