Dysomma goslinei Robins & Robins 1976

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)..

Vertebrae: 123 - 131

臺灣西南海域與印度洋海域。

數量極少，不具漁業經濟之價值，通常為底拖漁網所捕獲。

體細長；體不具鱗；胸鰭存在或無; 背鰭起點在胸鰭基部之上；肛門在胸鰭末端之下；側線不超過體之前1/4上頷較下頷長；體長為體高之17.3 倍；頭長之8.3 倍；尾長為頭與軀幹之5.9 倍；頭長為吻長之4.2 倍； 吻長為眼徑之10.0倍無前上頷骨齒；上頷骨齒細小，約四列，最內側的牙齒較大；下頷骨齒式類似上頷骨齒。鋤骨齒四枚；脊椎骨數130-131(123) ，其模式為10-15-123；體灰褐色，背、臀鰭為白色。(資料引述自陳，2002)

多屬底棲性魚種，棲息於100-200公尺深之底棲性魚種，以小型魚類、甲殼類及軟體動物為生。

Dysomma goslinei is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels). It was described by Catherine H. Robins and Charles Richard Robins in 1976. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific. Males can reach a maximum total length of 19.7 centimetres.

Named in honor of the authors’ colleague, ichthyologist William A. Gosline (1915-2002) of the University of Michigan.