Biology:Ariosoma obud

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Ariosoma obud
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species:
A. obud
Binomial name
Ariosoma obud
Herre, 1923

Ariosoma obud is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[1][2] It was described by Albert William Herre in 1923.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Philippines , in the western central Pacific Ocean.[1][2]

The species epithet "obud" refers to the Visayan language term for leptocephalid eels.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 McCosker, J.; Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G. (2019). "Ariosoma obud". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T199012A2549806. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199012A2549806.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199012/2549806. Retrieved 1 January 2022. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Ariosoma obud" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  3. Herre, A. W. C. T., 1923 (8 Aug.) A review of the eels of the Philippine Archipelago. Philippine Journal of Science v. 23 (no. 2): 123-236, Pls. 1-11.

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