Scientific Name	Dysomma longirostrum   Pronounce			by: Wei-Ting Yang, NTOU
Author	Chen & Mok, 2001	Depth	100 - 150M
Chinese	長吻前肛鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	合鰓鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F080　Synaphobranchidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	長吻前肛鰻
Max Length	19.6 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	合鰓鰻
Distribution in World	Taiwan [Endemic in Taiwan]	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Northeastern coast of Taiwan, depth 100-150 meters (Nanfangao fish market)
Synonyms
Reference	Böhlke, J. E. 1949 Chen, Y. Y. etc. 2001
Specimen List
Common Name	Shortbelly eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	No scale. Pectoral fin present. Upper jaw longer than lower jaw. Premaxillary teeth absent. Upper jaw teeth small, in bands. Lower jaw large, in a row. Vomerine teeth compound, five. Dorsal fin origin posterior to pectoral fin.Vertebral formula 114-27-130. Total length 19.6 of body depth, 7.0 of head length; caudal length 3.2 of the length from head to trunk; head length 3.1 of snout length; snout length 4.5 of the diameter of the eye. Rictus over rear margin of the eye. Anus to gill slit shorter than head length.Tongue not free. Body color light brown. Dorsal and anal fin white (rear end of anal fin black); eye small in black.
habitats	Demersal fishes; inhabit in 150 to 200 meters deep, feed on small fishes, crustceans and other invertebratis. Now, there are only 1 specimen in the world.
Distribution	Northeastern waters of Taiwan.
Utility	No enough quantity for fishery.