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Silver eel
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species: A. mellissii
Binomial name
Ariosoma mellissii
(Günther, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Congromuraena mellissii Günther, 1870
  • Ariosoma mellissi (Günther, 1870)
Not to be confused with the life stage silver eel of the European eel.

The silver eel (Ariosoma mellissii), also known as the Melliss's conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Albert Günther in 1870. It is a rare tropical, marine eel which is known solely from St. Helena, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of 67 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 42.8 centimetres.

Named in honor of John Charles Melliss (1835-1911), amateur naturalist and government surveyor on St. Helena (island in the South Atlantic), who presented the type specimen to the British Museum (Natural History).

References

  1. Tighe, K. (2015). "Ariosoma mellissii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199279A2577982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T199279A2577982.en. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. Synonyms of Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Common names for Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
  5. Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ... ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.
  6. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families MURAENESOCIDAE, NETTASTOMATIDAE, CONGRIDAE, MORINGUIDAE, CYEMATIDAE, NEOCYEMATIDAE, MONOGNATHIDAE, SACCOPHARYNGIDAE, EURYPHARYNGIDAE, NEMICHTHYIDAE, SERRIVOMERIDAE and ANGUILLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Ariosoma mellissii


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