''Ariosoma'' is a
genus
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of marine
congrid
The Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden (thus the name). The family in ...
eel
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s.
Species
There are 42 species currently recognized in this genus by
Eschmeyer's
Catalog of Fishes
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:
* ''
Ariosoma albimaculatum''
Kodeeswaran, Dash, Kumar & Lal, 2022
* ''
Ariosoma anago''
(Temminck
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Biography
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& Schlegel, 1846) (Silvery conger)
* ''
Ariosoma anagoides''
( Bleeker, 1853) (Sea conger)
* ''
Ariosoma anale''
( Poey, 1860) (Longtrunk conger) (syn. ''Ariosoma analis'')
* ''
Ariosoma balearicum''
( Delaroche, 1809) (Band-tooth conger) (syn. ''Ariosoma impressa'', ''Ariosoma minor'')
* ''
Ariosoma bauchotae''
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* Chris Karrer (1947–2024), German guitarist and composer
* Felix Karrer (1825–1903), Austrian geologist
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, 1982
* ''
Ariosoma bengalense
''Ariosoma'' is a genus of marine congrid eels.
Species
There are 42 species currently recognized in this genus by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:
* '' Ariosoma albimaculatum'' Kodeeswaran, Dash, Kumar & Lal, 2022
* '' Ariosoma anago'' (Temminck ...
''
Ray, Acharya, Khatua, Roy, Mohapatra & Mishra, 2022
* ''
Ariosoma bowersi''
(Jenkins, 1903) (large-eye conger) (syn. ''Ariosoma marginatum''
( Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875))
* ''
Ariosoma coquettei''
D. G. Smith & Kanazawa
is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
Etymology
The name "Kanazaw ...
, 1977
* ''
Ariosoma dolichopterum''
Karmovskaya, 2015
* ''
Ariosoma emmae
''Ariosoma'' is a genus of marine congrid true eel, eels.
Species
There are 42 species currently recognized in this genus by William N. Eschmeyer, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:
* ''Ariosoma albimaculatum'' Kodeeswaran, Dash, Kumar & Lal, 2022
* ...
''
Smith & Ho, 2018
* ''
Ariosoma fasciatum''
( Günther, 1872) (Barred conger) (syn. ''Ariosoma nancyae'')
* ''
Ariosoma gilberti''
( J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Gilbert's garden eel)
* ''
Ariosoma gnadanossi''
Talwar & Mukherjee, 1977
* ''
Ariosoma gracile''
Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Mohapatra, Kumar & Sarkar, 2024
* ''
Ariosoma hemiaspidus''
Wade, 1946
* ''
Ariosoma howense''
( McCulloch & Waite, 1916) (Lord Howe conger)
* ''
Ariosoma indicum''
Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Acharya, Mohanty, Mohapatra, Kumar & Lal, 2022
* ''
Ariosoma kannani''
Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Ray, Kumar, Mohapatra & Sarkar, 2024
* ''
Ariosoma kapala''
(Castle, 1990)
* ''
Ariosoma majus''
( Asano, 1958)
* ''
Ariosoma mauritianum''
(Pappenheim
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, 1914) (Blunt-tooth conger)
* ''
Ariosoma maurostigma''
Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra, Dhinakaran, Kumar & Lal, 2022
* ''
Ariosoma meeki''
( D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900)
* ''
Ariosoma megalops''
Fowler, 1938
* ''
Ariosoma melanospilos''
Kodeeswaran, Jayakumar, Akash, Kumar & Lal, 2021
* ''
Ariosoma mellissii''
( Günther, 1870) (Silver eel)
* ''
Ariosoma multivertebratum''
Karmovskaya, 2004
* ''
Ariosoma nigrimanum''
Norman
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** People or things connected with the Norma ...
, 1939
* ''
Ariosoma obud''
Herre, 1923
* ''
Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus''
Karmovskaya, 1991
* ''
Ariosoma opistophthalmum''
( Ranzani, 1839)
* ''
Ariosoma sanzoi''
( D'Ancona, 1928)
* ''
Ariosoma sazonovi''
Karmovskaya, 2004
* ''
Ariosoma scheelei''
( Strömman, 1896) (Tropical conger)
* ''
Ariosoma selenops''
Reid
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* Alexan ...
, 1934
* ''
Ariosoma sereti''
Karmovskaya, 2004
* ''
Ariosoma shiroanago''
( Asano, 1958)
* ''
Ariosoma sokotranum''
Karmovskaya, 1991
* ''
Ariosoma somaliense''
Kotthaus, 1968
* ''
Ariosoma tamilicum''
Kodeeswaran, Acharya, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2025
* ''
Ariosoma thoothukudiense''
Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2024
Former Species
Species formerly categorized as ''Ariosoma'', that are now listed under a different genus:
[
* ''Ariosoma bleekeri'' (Fowler, 1934) - now known as '' Bathycongrus bleekeri''
* ''Ariosoma guttulata'' (Günther, 1887) - now known as '' Bathycongrus guttulatus'' (lined conger)
* ''Ariosoma mystax'' (Delaroche, 1809) - now known as '' Gnathophis mystax'' (thinlip conger)
* ''Ariosoma prorigerum'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1891) - now known as '' Japonoconger proriger'' (slope conger)
]
References
Bathymyrinae
Taxa named by William Swainson
Fish described in 1838
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