Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Tropical
Indo-Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39632)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 123 - 131. This species is distinguished by the following characters: with pectoral fin; dorsal-fin origin before pectoral-fin base, predorsal length 10.7% TL; anus anterior, just below pectoral fin, preanal length 16.2% TL; trunk very short, trunk length 4.0% TL; absence of intermaxillary teeth; upper jaw with multiple rows of teeth on upper jaw; lower jaw with multiserial teeth, those on inner row slightly enlarged; vomer with 4 compound teeth; lateral line short; and MVF 10-15-123 (Ref. 39632)..
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Chen, Y.-Y. and H.-K. Mok, 2001. A new synaphobranchid eel, Dysomma longirostrum (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae), from the northeastern coast of Taiwan. Zool. Stud. 40(2):79-83. (Ref. 39632)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).