Biology:Silver eel
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Short description: Species of fish
| Silver eel | |
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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. mellissii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ariosoma mellissii (Günther, 1870)
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The silver eel (Ariosoma mellissii), also known as the Melliss's conger,[3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870.[5] It is a rare tropical, marine eel which is known solely from St. Helena, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of 67 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 42.8 centimetres.[4]
Named in honor of John Charles Melliss (1835-1911), amateur naturalist and government surveyor on St. Helena (island in the South Atlantic), who presented the type specimen to the British Museum (Natural History).[6]
References
- ↑ Tighe, K. (2015). "Ariosoma mellissii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T199279A2577982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T199279A2577982.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199279/2577982. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ↑ Synonyms of Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) [ref. 1995] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.
- ↑ "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families MURAENESOCIDAE, NETTASTOMATIDAE, CONGRIDAE, MORINGUIDAE, CYEMATIDAE, NEOCYEMATIDAE, MONOGNATHIDAE, SACCOPHARYNGIDAE, EURYPHARYNGIDAE, NEMICHTHYIDAE, SERRIVOMERIDAE and ANGUILLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/anguilliformes3/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2263884 entry
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