Scientific Name	Dysomma anguillare   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Barnard, 1923	Depth	30 - 270M
Chinese	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	前肛鰻
Max Length	52 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	合鰓鰻
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、South West、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Tugela River mouth, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 63 fathoms [115 meters]
Synonyms	Dysomma anguillaris, Dysomma zanzibarensis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993); 陳餘鋆博士論文(2002)  Böhlke, J. E. 1949 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 陳餘鋆 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0060189. ASIZP0060190. ASIZP0060464. ASIZP0062290. ASIZP0062291. ASIZP0063650. ASIZP0063652. ASIZP0064311. ASIZP0065770. ASIZP0065916. ASIZP0066024. ASIZP0071586. ASIZP0071596. ASIZP0071604. ASIZP0071613. ASIZP0072273. ASIZP0072275. ASIZP0074486. ASIZP0800649. ASIZP0800817. ASIZP0801134. ASIZP0900298. ASIZP0910649. ASIZP0910817. ASIZP0911134. CAS28160. CAS35143. FRIP00376. FRIP03193. FRIP03219. NMMBP02843. NMMBP02861. NMMBP02875. NMMBP03591. NMMBP03652. NMMBP04517. NMMBP05708. ...List all 59 records...
Barcode	2008-03-24,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,95% 2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2012-01-02,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Shortbelly eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	No scale, pectoral fin present. Upper jaw longer than lower jaw. Premaxillary teeth 2, small; lower jaw teeth in one row, large canine teeth; vomerine teeth five. Premaxillary teeth and vomerine teeth are all compound teeth, dorsal fin origin before the pectoral fin.119-130. Total length 15.6 of body depth, 7.4 of head length; caudal length 6.7 of the length from head to trunk; head length 5.1 of snout length, snout length 3.3 of diameter of eye. Rictus behyond rear margin of eye. Eye small, caudal present, tail end truncate. Trunk length shorter than head length. Body gray, pale below, dorsal and anal white.
habitats	Demersal fishes; inhabit in 100 to 400 meters deep, feed on small fishes, crustaceans and other invertebrates.
Distribution
Utility	Lots of quantities but no fishery value, caught but benthic trawling.