Biology:Silvery conger
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Short description: Species of fish
| Silvery conger | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Ariosoma |
| Species: | A. anago
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| Binomial name | |
| Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
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The silvery conger (Ariosoma anago) also known as the sea conger, the darkfin conger, the dark-finned conger-eel, or simply the conger eel,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1846, originally under the genus Conger.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known to dwell in sandy and muddy bottoms on coasts in the Indo-west Pacific. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres (24 in).
The silvery conger's diet consists primarily of benthic crustaceans and finfish.[5]
References
- ↑ "Synonyms of Ariosoma anago". http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=8234&SynCode=26917&GenusName=Ariosoma&SpeciesName=anago.
- ↑ "Common names for Ariosoma anago". http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=8234&GenusName=Ariosoma&SpeciesName=anago&StockCode=8547.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Ariosoma anago" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species related to Ariosoma anago". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Ariosoma&species=anago.
- ↑ "Food items reported for Ariosoma anago". http://www.fishbase.org/TrophicEco/FoodItemsList.php?vstockcode=8547&genus=Ariosoma&species=anago.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3758031 entry
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