Dysommina

Dysommina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Synaphobranchidae
Subfamily:	Ilyophinae
Genus:	Dysommina ; Ginsburg, 1951
Type species
	Dysommina rugosa; Ginsburg, 1951
Species
	See text

Last updated October 23, 2025

Dysommina is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. These eels are known from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Species

Dysommina currently contains the following species:^[1]

Dysommina brevis V.-Q. Vo & H.-C. Ho, 2024
Dysommina orientalis Tighe, H.-C. Ho & Hatooka, 2018
Dysommina proboscideus (E. H. M. Lea, 1913)
Dysommina pygmaea Tighe & Pogonoski, 2025
Dysommina rugosa Ginsburg, 1951

In 2005 an Eel City was discovered, this is an unusual community of Dysommina rugosa on the summit of Vailulu'u submarine volcano.^[2]

References

↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Dysommina". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
↑ "Vailulu'u Eel City and Moat of Death". Wondermondo. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dysommina". FishBase . June 2011 version.

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[CofF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Dysommina". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 22 October 2025.

[Wondermondo-2] "Vailulu'u Eel City and Moat of Death". Wondermondo. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

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