Dysomma brevirostre, the pignosed arrowtooth eel or batnose eel,Common names of Dysomma brevirostre at www.fishbase.org. is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).Dysomma brevirostre at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Luigi Facciolà in 1887.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. It is a 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, USA. It dwells at a depth range of , and inhabits soft sediments on the continental slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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