A new synaphobranchid eel, Dysomma longirostrum (Anguilliformes : Synaphobranchidae), from the northeastern coast of Taiwan

A new synaphobranchid eel, Dysomma longirostrum (Anguilliformes: Synaphobra nchidae), from the northeastern coast of Taiwan. Zoological Studies 40(2). 79-83. A new species of the synaphobranchid eel genus Dysomma is described from the northeastern coast of Taiwan based on 1 specimen collected by bott om trawl at depths from 100 to 150 m. It is characterized as having an exce ptionally long snout and jaw (4.6% and 8.2% of total length, respectively), no premaxillary teeth, slender and multiserial teeth on the maxillary and dentary, five large compound teeth on the vomer, a tubelike groove connecti ng pairs of lateral line pores, and a brownish body color.