Dysomma anguillare Barnard, 1923

Tighe, Kenneth A., Smith, David G., Merrett, Nigel R., Frable, Benjamin W. & Zajonz, Uwe, 2024, Redescription of the eel Ilyophis arx Robins, 1976 (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae) with a description of a new species of Ilyophis, and a taxonomic synopsis of the Ilyophinae, Zootaxa 5506 (1), pp. 35-57 : 50

Dysomma anguillare Barnard, 1923

Dysomma anguillaris Barnard 1923:443 . Holotype: SAM 12744 . Type locality: off Tugela River mouth, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 63 fm (115 m).

Sinomyrus angustus Lin 1933: 94 , Fig. 1 . Holotype: FESC [now PRFRI] 405. Type locality: Hoitow , Hainan, China.

Dysomma aphododera Ginsburg 1951: 452 , Fig. 7 . Holotype: USNM 154992 . Type locality: Gulf of Mexico, 26° 30’ N, 96° 26’ W, 50 fm (92 m).

Dysomma japonicus Matsubara 1936: 961 , Fig. unnumb. Holotype: FAKU 1941 . Type locality: Japan, Kumano-Nada , SE of Kii Peninsula, 150 fm (275 m).

Dysomma zanzibarensis Norman 1939: 44 , Fig. 17. Holotype: BMNH 1939.524 .651. Type locality: western Indian Ocean , 5° 38’ 54” S, 39° 15’ 42” E, 183–194 m.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Ilyophis arx. Swarm of eels attracted to a baited camera near summit of seamount APEI 7 (4° 52' 57.36" N, 141° 46' 45.48" W, 3203 m) (photo grab from https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/18ccz/logs/photolog/photolog.html#cbpi=../ may25/media/DC03.html

FIGURE 7. Ilyophis maclainei sp. nov. Referred Specimen, DISCOVERY Collection, Station 50517, 237 mm TL (A) Dentition of upper jaw. (B) Dentition of lower jaw (from Merrett & Saldanha 1985)