Large-eye conger | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Ariosoma |
Species: | A. marginatum |
Binomial name | |
Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) | |
Synonyms | |
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The large-eye conger (Ariosoma marginatum) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Léon Vaillant and Henri Émile Sauvage in 1875, originally under the genus Congrogadus. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the northwestern and eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Hawaii and the Ladd Seamount. It typically dwells at a depth range of 2–420 metres, and leads a benthic, nocturnal lifestyle, burrowing into sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 38 centimetres.
References
- McCosker, J.; Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G. (2019). "Ariosoma marginatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199133A2562488. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199133A2562488.en. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- Synonyms of Ariosoma marginatum at www.fishbase.org.
- Common names for Ariosoma marginatum at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Ariosoma marginatum at www.fishbase.org.
- Vaillant, L. L. and H.-E. Sauvage, 1875 Note sur quelques espèces nouvelles de poissons des îles Sandwich. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Ser. 3) v. 3: 278-287.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Ariosoma marginatum |
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