Biology:Ariosoma

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Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels.[1]

Species

There are 42 species currently recognized in this genus by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:[2]

  • Ariosoma albimaculatum Kodeeswaran, Dash, Kumar & Lal, 2022[3]
  • Ariosoma anago (Temminck & 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 Karrer, 1982
  • Ariosoma bengalense 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, 1977
  • Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 2015[4]
  • Ariosoma emmae 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, 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, 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, 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:[1]

  • 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Ariosoma Swainson, 1838". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125622. 
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Ariosoma". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Ariosoma. 
  3. Paramasivam Kodeeswaran; Deepa Dhas; Thipramalai Thangappan Pillai Ajith Kumar; Kuldeep Kumar Lal (2022). "Description of A New Congrid Eel, Ariosoma albimaculata sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the southwest coast of India, Arabian Sea". Ichthyological Research. doi:10.1007/s10228-022-00882-1. 
  4. Karmovskaya, E.S. (2015). "New species of the genus Ariosoma, A. dolichopterum (Bathymyrinae), from the waters of Central Vietnam". Journal of Ichthyology 55 (6): 906–910. doi:10.1134/S0032945215060077. Bibcode2015JIch...55..906K. 

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