Scientific Name	Dysomma dolichosomatum   Pronounce			by: Wei-Ting Yang, NTOU
Author	Karrer, 1982	Depth	200 - 555M
Chinese	長身前肛鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	合鰓鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F080　Synaphobranchidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	長身前肛鰻
Max Length	22.4 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	異齒前肛鰻、合鰓鰻
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South West
Habitats	Deep Sea	Holotype Locality	Madagascar, southwestern Indian Ocean, 22°25'S, 43°04.5'E, depth 550-555 meters
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Böhlke, J. E. 1949 Chen, J. T. F. etc. 1967 Karrer, C. 1982 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	NTMP1449.
Common Name	Shortbelly eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	No scale; pectoral fin present. Upper jaw longer lower than jaw. Premaxillary teeth 2; maxillary teeth small, in 2 short rows, extending behind rear of eye.Vomerine teeth 4, Anterior 4 or 5 teeth of lower jaw compound; posterior teeth small. In 2 rows. Premaxillary teeth and vomerine teeth compound; Dorsal fin origin behind gill slit.Vertebrae 146-153. Total length 22.9 of body depth, 9.7 of head length; caudal length 2.6 of the length from head to trunk; head length 5.8 of snout length; snout length 11.5 of the diameter of the eye.
habitats	Demersal fishes; inhabit in 100 to 400 meters deep, feed on small fishes, crustaceans and other invertebrates.
Distribution	Mozambic channel and South westen of Taiwan water.
Utility	No enough quantity for fishery.