Scientific Name	Dysomma melanurum   Pronounce			by: Wei-Ting Yang, NTOU
Author	Chen & Weng, 1967	Depth	100 - 300M
Chinese	黑尾前肛鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	合鰓鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F080　Synaphobranchidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	黑尾前肛鰻
Max Length	27 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	合鰓鰻
Distribution in World	Taiwan [Endemic in Taiwan]	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tungkong, Taiwan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993); 陳餘鋆, 2002. 臺灣深海鰻類的分類,分布,柔軟器官及以腦部形態與尾鰭骨骼探討真鰻類及糯鰻亞目之親緣關係; 楊瑋庭 , 2011. 碩士論文:臺灣合鰓鰻科魚類之初步分類研究; Chen, J. T. F. and H. T. C. Weng, 1967. A review of the apodal fishes of Taiwan. Biological bulletin, Tunghai University, ichthyology series, number 6, No. 32: 1-86.; Robins, C. H. and C. R. Robins, 1989.Fishes of the western north Atlantic. 1(9): 207-252.; Smith, D. G. , 1999. The living marine the resources of the western central pacific. 3(1): 1658-1661.  Böhlke, J. E. 1949 Chen, J. T. F. etc. 1967 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Chen, Y. Y. etc. 1995
Specimen List	NMMBP05284. NMMBP05470.
Common Name	Shortbelly eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	No scale. Pectoral fin present. Lower jaw longer than upper jaw. Premaxillary teeth two. Jaw teeth in bands, inner teeth large. Vomerine teeth 5. Premaxillary teeth and vomerine teeth compound. Dorsal fin origin behind pectoral fin. Vertebrae 137 (134). Total length 20.1 of body depth, 8.0 of head length; caudal length 6.8 of the length from head to trunk; head length 6.0 of snout length; snout length 1.7 of diameter of eye.Rictus beyond rear margin of the eye. Length anus to gill slit shorter than head length. Tongue fixed. Body color light brown. Dorsal anal fin white (tail end of anal fin black); eye small.
habitats	Demersal fishes; inhabit in 100 to 400 meters deep, feed on small fishes, crustaceans and other invertebrates.
Distribution	Southwestern of Taiwan waters. .
Utility	No enough quantity for fishery.