Ariosoma bauchotae

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Ariosoma bauchotae

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species:
A. bauchotae
Binomial name
Ariosoma bauchotae
, 1983

Ariosoma bauchotae is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by in 1983.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from waters northwest of Madagascar, in the western Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 308–314 metres.[2]

Named in honor of Marie-Louise Bauchot (b. 1928), ichthyologist and assistant manager, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris).[4]


References[]

  1. ^ McCosker, J.; Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G. (2019). "Ariosoma bauchotae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199031A2551846. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199031A2551846.en. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Ariosoma bauchotae at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Karrer, C., 1983 [ref. 5679] Anguilliformes du Canal de Mozambique (Pisces, Teleostei). Faune Tropicale v. 23 (for 1982): 1-116.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families MURAENESOCIDAE, NETTASTOMATIDAE, CONGRIDAE, MORINGUIDAE, CYEMATIDAE, NEOCYEMATIDAE, MONOGNATHIDAE, SACCOPHARYNGIDAE, EURYPHARYNGIDAE, NEMICHTHYIDAE, SERRIVOMERIDAE and ANGUILLID". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 March 2021.


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