Ariosoma

Short description: Genus of fishes

Ariosoma

Ariosoma selenops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Anguilliformes
Family:  | Congridae
Subfamily:  | Bathymyrinae
Genus:  | Ariosoma
Swainson, 1838

Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels.[citation needed]

## Species

Currently recognized species in this genus:[citation needed]

* 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 Karrer, 1982
* Ariosoma coquettei D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
* Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 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 kapala (Castle, 1990)[2]
* Ariosoma major (Asano, 1958)
* Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) (Large-eye conger) (syn. Ariosoma bowersi)
* Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914) (Blunt-tooth conger)
* Ariosoma meeki (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900)
* Ariosoma megalops Fowler, 1938
* Ariosoma mellissii (Günther, 1870) (Silver eel)
* Ariosoma multivertebratum Karmovskaya, 2004
* Ariosoma nigrimanum Norman, 1939
* Ariosoma obud Herre, 1923
* Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus Karmovskaya, 1991
* Ariosoma opistophthalmum (Ranzani, 1839)
* Ariosoma prorigerum (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Slope conger)
* Ariosoma sanzoi (D'Ancona, 1928)
* Ariosoma sazonovi Karmovskaya, 2004
* Ariosoma scheelei (Strömman, 1896) (Tropical conger)
* Ariosoma selenops Reid, 1934
* Ariosoma sereti Karmovskaya, 2004
* Ariosoma shiroanago (Asano, 1958)
* Ariosoma sokotranum Karmovskaya, 1991

### Former Species

Species formerly categorized as Ariosoma, that are now listed under a different genus[citation needed]

* 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)

## References

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ariosoma kapala (Castle, 1990)". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1577325.

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