Dysommina rugosa

The Dysommina rugosa lives in the benthopelagic, marine, depth range 260 - 775 m environment.

"Eel City" swarms with foot-long Dysommina rugosa at the Vailulu'u Seamount, American Samoa. Revised June 27, 2007 | Questions, Comments? Contact Us | Report Error On This Page | Disclaimer | About the Site National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | U.S. More

Swarms of small synaphobranchid eels, Dysommina rugosa, live in the crevices on the summit of Nafanua. Swarms of small synaphobranchid eels, Dysommina rugosa, live in the crevices on the summit of Nafanua. Scientists dubbed this site "Eel City. More

bauchotae, Dysommina rugosa, Pisodonophis semicinctus, Xenomystax congroides, Lestidiops cadenati, Ophidion lozanoi, Cataetyx bruuni, Dibranchus atlanticus, Diceratias pileatus, Himantolophus paucifilosus, Neomerinthe folgori, Careproctus albescens, Paracaristius maderensis and Pachycara crossacanthum. More

synaphobranchid eels, Dysommina rugosa, live in the crevices on the summit of Nafanua. More

identified as Dysommina rugosa, are known from trawl samples in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, but have never before been studied in their natural habitat. More

Common names

Nise-mekura-anago in Japanese (日本語)
Tupohlavec vrásčitý in Czech (česky)
后肛鳗 in Mandarin Chinese
后肛鳗 in Unknown
後肛鰻 in Mandarin Chinese
後肛鰻 in Unknown

Order : Anguilliformes
Family : Synaphobranchidae
Genus : Dysommina
Species : Dysommina rugosa
Authority : Ginsburg, 1951