Biology:Bandtooth conger
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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. balearicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809)
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The bandtooth conger (Ariosoma balearicum), also known as the Baleares conger or the Balearic conger,[3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by François Étienne Delaroche in 1809, originally under the genus Muraena.[5] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic and the western Indian Ocean, including North Carolina, United States ; the northern Gulf of Mexico, northern South America, Canada , Portugal, Angola, the Mediterranean, and the Red Sea. It inhabits reefs and littoral shelves, and burrows into sand and mud. It dwells at a depth range of 1–732 meters (3–2,402 ft), but most frequently between 20–100 m (66–328 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length (TL) of 35 centimetres (1 ft 2 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 25 centimetres (9.8 in)[4]
The bandtooth conger is of minor interest to fisheries.[4]
References
- ↑ Carpenter, K.E. (2015). "Ariosoma balearicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T194968A2369313. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T194968A2369313.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/194968/2369313. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ Synonyms of Ariosoma balearicum at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Ariosoma balaericum at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ariosoma balearicum at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Delaroche, F. E., 1809 [ref. 17380] Suite du mémoire sur les espèces de poissons observées à Iviça. Observations sur quelques-uns des poissons indiqués dans le précédent tableau et descriptions des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 13: 313-361, Pls. 20-25.
Wikidata ☰ Q1216203 entry
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