anguillaris, Dysomma Barnard [K. H.] 1923:443 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 13 (pt 8, no. 14); ref. 191] Off Tugela River mouth, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean, depth 63 fathoms [115 meters]. Holotype (unique): SAM 12774. •Valid as Dysomma anguillare Barnard 1923 -- (Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:27 [ref. 6441], Machida in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:81, 315 [ref. 8057], Castle 1986:189 [ref. 5644], Robins & Ray 1986:60 [ref. 23100], Robins & Robins 1989:245 [ref. 13287], Smith 1989:687 [ref. 13285], Cervigón 1991:48 [ref. 24472], Chen & Mok 1995:930 [ref. 21892], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:244 [ref. 23897], Chen & Mok 1999:60 [ref. 24093], Smith 1999:1661 [ref. 24661], Nakabo 2000:213 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Lee & Kim 2000:203 [ref. 25177], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:148 [ref. 27754], Chen & Mok 2001:79 [ref. 25465], Shinohara et al. 2001:292 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:213 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:143, 491 [ref. 26218], Smith 2003:723 [ref. 26989], Nelson et al. 2004:61 [ref. 27807], Shinohara et al. 2005:391 [ref. 28370], Shinohara et al. 2005:400 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:128 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2009:18 [ref. 30213], Zhang et al. 2010:306 [ref. 31511], Page et al. 2013:62 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:236 [ref. 33330], Ho et al. 2015:91 [ref. 34124], Ho et al. 2015:177 [ref. 34130], Koeda et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:5 [ref. 35780], Fricke et al. 2018:41 [ref. 35805], Hibino in Kimura et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36460], Ho & Tighe 2018:53 [ref. 36037], Fricke et al. 2019:53 [ref. 36673], Prokofiev 2019:322 [ref. 36804], Kim et al. 2020:53 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:17 [ref. 37637], Ramos-Castro et al. 2021:525 [ref. 38842], Smith 2022:99 [ref. 39684], Page et al. 2023:51 [ref. 40505], Vo et al. 2024:11 [ref. 40748]). Current status: Valid as Dysomma anguillare Barnard 1923. Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Sea of Japan). Habitat: marine.