Biology:Ariosoma selenops
| Ariosoma selenops | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Ariosoma |
| Species: | A. selenops
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| Binomial name | |
| Ariosoma selenops Reid, 1934
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Ariosoma selenops is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Earl Desmond Reid in 1934.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the northwestern, southwestern, and western central Atlantic Ocean, including Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Brazil , Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Canada , Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, the United States , and Venezuela.[4] It is known to dwell at a depth range of 348–549 metres.[2]
Due to the widespread distribution of the species, and doubts over its chances of undergoing a population decline caused by man-made pollution (in lieu of its deep-water nature), the IUCN redlist currently lists Ariosoma selenops as Least Concern.[4]
References
- ↑ Smith, D. (2010). "Ariosoma selenops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T155266A4761222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155266A4761222.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/155266/4761222. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ariosoma selenops at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Reid, E. D., 1934 [ref. 16454] Two new congrid eels and a new flatfish. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 91 (no. 15): 1–11, Pl. 1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ariosoma selenops at www.fishbase.org.
Wikidata ☰ Q1970202 entry
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