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Silvery conger
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species: A. a. juvenile
Binomial name
Ariosoma anago juvenile
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Conger anago Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
  • Anago anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
  • Ariosome anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (misspelling)

The silvery conger (Ariosoma anago) also known as the sea conger, the darkfin conger, the dark-finned conger-eel, or simply the conger eel, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1846, originally under the genus Conger. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known to dwell in sandy and muddy bottoms on coasts in the Indo-west Pacific. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres.

The silvery conger's diet consists primarily of benthic crustaceans and finfish.

References

  1. Synonyms of Ariosoma anago at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Ariosoma anago at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Ariosoma anago at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Temminck, C. J. and H. Schlegel, 1846 See Temminck & Schlegel 1843 . Parts 10-14: 173-269
  5. Food items reported for Ariosoma anago at www.fishbase.org.

External links

Media related to Ariosoma anago at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Ariosoma anago


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