eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
in the family
Congridae
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 ...
(conger/garden eels).''Ariosoma marginatum'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by
Léon Vaillant
Léon Louis Vaillant (; 11 November 1834 – 24 November 1914) was a French zoology, zoologist. He is most famous for his work in the areas of herpetology, malacology, and ichthyology.
In 1854 he graduated from the Arras College, College d'Ar ...
and
Henri Émile Sauvage
Henri Émile Sauvage (22 September 1842 in Boulogne-sur-Mer – 3 January 1917 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) was a French paleontologist, ichthyologist, and Herpetology, herpetologist. He was a leading expert on Mesozoic fish and reptiles.
in 1875, originally under the genus '' Congrogadus''.Vaillant, L. L. and H.-E. Sauvage, 1875 ef. 17853''Note sur quelques espèces nouvelles de poissons des îles Sandwich.'' Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Ser. 3) v. 3: 278-287. It is a
tropical
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, marine eel which is known from the northwestern and eastern central
Pacific Ocean
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, including
Hawaii
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and the
Ladd Seamount Ladd or Ladds may refer to:
People
*Ladd (surname)
*Brent Ladds (born 1951), Canadian ice hockey administrator
*Ladd McConkey (born 2001), American football player
Places
;In the United States
*Ladds, Georgia, an unincorporated community
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. It typically dwells at a depth range of 2–420 metres, and leads a
benthic
The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. The name comes from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning "the depths". ...
, nocturnal lifestyle, burrowing into sand. Males can reach a maximum
total length
Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fishery biology.
Overall length
Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish measured f ...