Ariosoma

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Kingdom Animalia Family Congridae Phylum Chordata Order Eel		Class Actinopterygii Scientific name Ariosoma Rank Genus

Similar Eel, Gnathophis, Bathymyrinae, Ariosoma meeki, Gorgasia

Ariosoma balearicum bandtooth conger hd

Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels.

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) (Long-trunk conger)

Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809) (Band-tooth conger)

Ariosoma bauchotae Karrer, 1982

Ariosoma coquettei D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 2015

Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872) (Barred sand conger)

Ariosoma gilberti (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Gilbert's garden eel)

Ariosoma howensis (McCulloch & Waite, 1916) (Lord Howe conger)

Ariosoma major (Asano, 1958)

Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) (Large-eye conger)

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

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