Ariosoma

Ariosoma
	Ariosoma selenops
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Subfamily:	Bathymyrinae
Genus:	Ariosoma; Swainson, 1838
Type species
	Ophisoma acuta; Swainson, 1839
Synonyms
	Ophisoma Swainson, 1839; Anguilla (Ophisoma) Swainson, 1839;

Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels.^[1]

Species

There are 42 species currently recognized in this genus by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:^[2]

Ariosoma albimaculatum Kodeeswaran, Dash, Kumar & Lal, 2022^[3]
Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Silvery conger)
Ariosoma anagoides (Bleeker, 1853) (Sea conger)
Ariosoma anale (Poey, 1860) (Longtrunk conger) (syn. Ariosoma analis)
Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809) (Band-tooth conger) (syn. Ariosoma impressa, Ariosoma minor)
Ariosoma bauchotae Karrer, 1982
Ariosoma bengalense Ray, Acharya, Khatua, Roy, Mohapatra & Mishra, 2022
Ariosoma bowersi (Jenkins, 1903) (large-eye conger) (syn. Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875))
Ariosoma coquettei D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 2015^[4]
Ariosoma emmae Smith & Ho, 2018
Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872) (Barred conger) (syn. Ariosoma nancyae)
Ariosoma gilberti (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Gilbert's garden eel)
Ariosoma gnadanossi Talwar & Mukherjee, 1977
Ariosoma gracile Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Mohapatra, Kumar & Sarkar, 2024
Ariosoma hemiaspidus Wade, 1946
Ariosoma howense (McCulloch & Waite, 1916) (Lord Howe conger)
Ariosoma indicum Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Acharya, Mohanty, Mohapatra, Kumar & Lal, 2022
Ariosoma kannani Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Ray, Kumar, Mohapatra & Sarkar, 2024
Ariosoma kapala (Castle, 1990)
Ariosoma majus (Asano, 1958)
Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914) (Blunt-tooth conger)
Ariosoma maurostigma Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra, Dhinakaran, Kumar & Lal, 2022
Ariosoma meeki (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900)
Ariosoma megalops Fowler, 1938
Ariosoma melanospilos Kodeeswaran, Jayakumar, Akash, Kumar & Lal, 2021
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 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
Ariosoma somaliense Kotthaus, 1968
Ariosoma tamilicum Kodeeswaran, Acharya, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2025
Ariosoma thoothukudiense Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2024

Former Species

Species formerly categorized as Ariosoma, that are now listed under a different genus:^[1]

Ariosoma bleekeri (Fowler, 1934) - now known as Bathycongrus bleekeri
Ariosoma guttulata (Günther, 1887) - now known as Bathycongrus guttulatus (lined conger)
Ariosoma mystax (Delaroche, 1809) - now known as Gnathophis mystax (thinlip conger)
Ariosoma prorigerum (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) - now known as Japonoconger proriger (slope conger)

References

^ ^a ^b Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Ariosoma Swainson, 1838". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ariosoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
^ Paramasivam Kodeeswaran; Deepa Dhas; Thipramalai Thangappan Pillai Ajith Kumar; Kuldeep Kumar Lal (2022). "Description of A New Congrid Eel, Ariosoma albimaculata sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the southwest coast of India, Arabian Sea". Ichthyological Research. doi:10.1007/s10228-022-00882-1.
^ Karmovskaya, E.S. (2015). "New species of the genus Ariosoma, A. dolichopterum (Bathymyrinae), from the waters of Central Vietnam". Journal of Ichthyology. 55 (6): 906–910. Bibcode:2015JIch...55..906K. doi:10.1134/S0032945215060077.

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[worms-1] Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Ariosoma Swainson, 1838". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-10-26.

[2] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ariosoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2025.

[3] Paramasivam Kodeeswaran; Deepa Dhas; Thipramalai Thangappan Pillai Ajith Kumar; Kuldeep Kumar Lal (2022). "Description of A New Congrid Eel, Ariosoma albimaculata sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the southwest coast of India, Arabian Sea". Ichthyological Research. doi:10.1007/s10228-022-00882-1.

[Karmovskaya2015-4] Karmovskaya, E.S. (2015). "New species of the genus Ariosoma, A. dolichopterum (Bathymyrinae), from the waters of Central Vietnam". Journal of Ichthyology. 55 (6): 906–910. Bibcode:2015JIch...55..906K. doi:10.1134/S0032945215060077.

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