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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae Conger and garden eels
Subfamily: Bathymyrinae
Genus: Ariosoma

(See list of species below)


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28 species (see list below)

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Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 60 cm TL
Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Photo by CSIRO
 
Ariosoma anago
[Silvery conger]

Photo by Tonozuka, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 51 cm TL
Ariosoma anagoides (Bleeker, 1853)

Photo by Tonozuka, T.
 
Ariosoma anagoides
[Sea conger]

Photo by JAMARC

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 36.3 cm TL
Ariosoma anale (Poey, 1860)

Photo by JAMARC
 
Ariosoma anale
[Longtrunk conger]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809)

Photo by Patzner, R.
 
Ariosoma balearicum
[Bandtooth conger]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Ariosoma bauchotae
[]

Photo by JAMARC

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 28.1 cm TL
Ariosoma coquettei Smith & Kanazawa, 1977

Photo by JAMARC
 
Ariosoma coquettei
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 60 cm SL
Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Ariosoma fasciatum
[Barred sand conger]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 27 cm TL
Ariosoma gilberti (Ogilby, 1898)

Photo by Robertson, R.
 
Ariosoma gilberti
[Gilbert's garden eel]

Photo by MNHN

Western Pacific
Max. Length 42.2 cm TL
Ariosoma howensis (McCulloch & Waite, 1916)

Photo by MNHN
 
Ariosoma howensis
[Lord Howe conger]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 53 cm TL
Ariosoma major (Asano, 1958)

Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Ariosoma major
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 38 cm TL
Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Ariosoma marginatum
[Large-eye conger]

Photo by SFSA

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914)

Photo by SFSA
 
Ariosoma mauritianum
[Blunt-tooth conger]

Photo by Shiina, M.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 53 cm TL
Ariosoma meeki (Jordan & Snyder, 1900)

Photo by Shiina, M.
 
Ariosoma meeki
[]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Central Pacific.
Max. Length 14.9 cm SL
Ariosoma megalops Fowler, 1938

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Ariosoma megalops
[]

Photo by Brown,J./EMD, St Helena Government

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 42.8 cm TL
Ariosoma mellissii (Günther, 1870)

Photo by Brown,J./EMD, St Helena Government
 
Ariosoma mellissii
[Silver Eel]

Photo by Karmovskaya, E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 54.2 cm TL
Ariosoma multivertebratum Karmovskaya, 2004

Photo by Karmovskaya, E.
 
Ariosoma multivertebratum
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 33.5 cm TL
 
Ariosoma nigrimanum
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Ariosoma obud
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus
[]

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 27.2 cm TL
Ariosoma opistophthalmum (Ranzani, 1839)

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.
 
Ariosoma opistophthalmum
[]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Ariosoma prorigerum (Gilbert, 1891)

Photo by FAO
 
Ariosoma prorigerum
[Slope conger]

Photo by Ryanskiy, A.

Western Indian Ocean

Ariosoma sanzoi (D'Ancona, 1928)

Photo by Ryanskiy, A.
 
Ariosoma sanzoi
[]

Photo by Karmovskaya, E.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 39.5 cm TL
Ariosoma sazonovi Karmovskaya, 2004

Photo by Karmovskaya, E.
 
Ariosoma sazonovi
[]

Photo by Ryanskiy, A.

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Ariosoma scheelei (Strömman, 1896)

Photo by Ryanskiy, A.
 
Ariosoma scheelei
[Tropical conger]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Central Atlantic

Ariosoma selenops Reid, 1934

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Ariosoma selenops
[]

Photo by Karmovskaya, E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 26.5 cm TL
Ariosoma sereti Karmovskaya, 2004

Photo by Karmovskaya, E.
 
Ariosoma sereti
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm TL
 
Ariosoma shiroanago
[]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Ariosoma sokotranum
[]
28 Species of Family Congridae with Genus Ariosoma
(Conger and garden eels)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1846 Ariosoma anago Silvery conger Indo-West Pacific. 60 TL
1853 Ariosoma anagoides Sea conger Western Pacific 51 TL
1860 Ariosoma anale Longtrunk conger Western Atlantic 36.3 TL
1809 Ariosoma balearicum Bandtooth conger Eastern Atlantic 35 TL
1983 Ariosoma bauchotae Western Indian Ocean
1977 Ariosoma coquettei Western Central Atlantic 28.1 TL
1872 Ariosoma fasciatum Barred sand conger Indo-Pacific 60 SL
1898 Ariosoma gilberti Gilbert's garden eel Eastern Central Pacific 27 TL
1916 Ariosoma howensis Lord Howe conger Western Pacific 42.2 TL
1958 Ariosoma major Northwest Pacific 53 TL
1875 Ariosoma marginatum Large-eye conger Eastern Central Pacific 38 TL
1914 Ariosoma mauritianum Blunt-tooth conger Indo-West Pacific 30 TL
1900 Ariosoma meeki Northwest Pacific 53 TL
1938 Ariosoma megalops Western Central Pacific. 14.9 SL
1870 Ariosoma mellissii Silver Eel Southeast Atlantic 42.8 TL
2004 Ariosoma multivertebratum Eastern Central Pacific 54.2 TL
1939 Ariosoma nigrimanum Western Indian Ocean 33.5 TL
1923 Ariosoma obud Western Central Pacific
1991 Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus Western Indian Ocean
1839 Ariosoma opistophthalmum Southwest Atlantic 27.2 TL
1891 Ariosoma prorigerum Slope conger Eastern Pacific 35 TL
1928 Ariosoma sanzoi Western Indian Ocean
2004 Ariosoma sazonovi Western Pacific 39.5 TL
1896 Ariosoma scheelei Tropical conger Indo-Pacific. 20 TL
1934 Ariosoma selenops Western Central Atlantic
2004 Ariosoma sereti Eastern Central Pacific 26.5 TL
1958 Ariosoma shiroanago Northwest Pacific 40 TL
1991 Ariosoma sokotranum Western Indian Ocean



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