Ariosoma

Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels.

Species[]

There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:

Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Silvery conger)
Ariosoma anagoides (Bleeker, 1853) (Sea conger)
Ariosoma anale (Poey, 1860) (Longtrunk conger) (syn. Ariosoma analis)
Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809) (Band-tooth conger) (syn. Ariosoma impressa, Ariosoma minor, Ariosoma somaliense)
Ariosoma bauchotae , 1982
Ariosoma coquettei & , 1977
, 2015^[1]
Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872) (Barred conger) (syn. Ariosoma nancyae)
Ariosoma gilberti (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Gilbert's garden eel)
Ariosoma howensis (McCulloch & Waite, 1916) (Lord Howe conger)
Ariosoma major (, 1958)
Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) (Large-eye conger) (syn. Ariosoma bowersi)
Ariosoma mauritianum (, 1914) (Blunt-tooth conger)
Ariosoma meeki (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900)
Ariosoma megalops Fowler, 1938
Ariosoma mellissii (Günther, 1870) (Silver eel)
Ariosoma multivertebratum , 2004
Ariosoma nigrimanum Norman, 1939
Ariosoma obud Herre, 1923
Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus , 1991
Ariosoma opistophthalmum (Ranzani, 1839)
Ariosoma prorigerum (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Slope conger)
(D'Ancona, 1928)
Ariosoma sazonovi , 2004
Ariosoma scheelei (, 1896) (Tropical conger)
Ariosoma selenops , 1934
Ariosoma sereti , 2004
Ariosoma shiroanago (, 1958)
Ariosoma sokotranum , 1991

Species formerly categorized as Ariosoma, that are now listed under a different genus

Ariosoma bleekeri (Fowler, 1934) - now known as Bathycongrus bleekeri
Ariosoma guttulata (Günther, 1887) - now known as Bathycongrus guttulatus (lined conger)
Ariosoma mystax (Delaroche, 1809) - now known as Gnathophis mystax (thinlip conger)

^ Karmovskaya, E.S. (2015): New species of the genus Ariosoma, A. dolichopterum (Bathymyrinae), from the waters of Central Vietnam. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (6): 906-910.

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