Dysomma brevirostre: Difference between revisions

'''''Dysomma brevirostre''''', the '''pignosed arrowtooth eel''' or '''Batnose eel''',<ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=9101&GenusName=Dysomma&SpeciesName=brevirostre&StockCode=9422 Common names of ''Dysomma brevirostre''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref>) is an [[eel]] in the family [[Synaphobranchidae]] (cutthroat eels).<ref name="Fishbase">[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Dysomma-brevirostre.html ''Dysomma brevirostre''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It was described by [[Luigi Facciolà]] in 1887.<ref name="">Facciolà, L., 1887 [ref. 16780] ''Intorno a due Lepadogastrini ed un nuovo Nettastoma del mare di Sicilia.'' Lettera al Ch. Dott. Cristoforo Bellotti. Naturalista Siciliano [Il Naturalista Siciliano, Giornale di scienze naturali] v. 6: 163-167, Pl. 3.</ref> It is a [[marine biology|marine]], deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the eastern and western [[Atlantic Ocean]], including [[Madeira Island]], the [[Gulf of Guinea]], the [[Ligurian Sea]], [[Italy]], and [[Florida]] and [[Hawaii]], [[United States|USA]]. It dwells at a depth range of {{convert|200|to|1000|m|ft}}, and inhabits soft sediments on the continental slope. Males can reach a maximum [[total length]] of {{convert|30|cm|in}}.<ref name="Fishbase"/>