Biology:Ariosoma kapala

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Short description: Species of fish

Ariosoma kapala
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AM I.25923-005[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species:
A. kapala
Binomial name
Ariosoma kapala
(Castle, 1990)

Lua error in Module:Mapframe at line 384: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'lat_d' (a nil value). Ariosoma kapala (common name mottled conger)[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was first described in 1990 by Peter H. J. Castle as Poeciloconger kapala.[5] The holotype was collected by the New South Wales Fisheries Research Vessel Kapala on April 11, 1985, during a bottom trawl at a depth of 46–64 m.[5] The species was named for the FRV Kapala.[5] In 1998, Shieh-Chieh Shen moved the species to the genus Ariosoma.[3][6]

It is a benthic species, endemic to the east coast of Australia and found in the neritic zone.[2][4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q81847672 entry