Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Congroidei
Familia: Congridae
Subfamilia: Bathymyrinae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species: A. anago – A. anagoides – A. anale – A. balearicum – A. bauchotae – A. coquettei – A. dolichopterum – A. emmae – A. fasciatum – A. gilberti – A. howensis – A. major – A. marginatum – A. mauritianum – A. meeki – A. megalops – A. mellissii – A. multivertebratum – A. nigrimanum – A. obud – A. ophidiophthalmus – A. opistophthalmum – A. prorigerum – A. sanzoi – A. sazonovi – A. scheelei – A. selenops – A. sereti – A. shiroanago – A. sokotranum
Name
Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
Type species: Ophisoma acuta Swainson, 1839
Synonyms
Alloconger Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
Anago Jordan & Hubbs, 1925
Congermuraena Kaup, 1856
Congrellus Ogilby, 1898
Diaphanichthys (subgenus of Leptocephalus) Peters, 1864
Leptocephalus (Diaphanichthys) Peters, 1864
Helmichthys Costa, 1844
Nesocongrus Whitley, 1935
Ophisoma (subgenus of Anguilla) Swainson, 1839
Anguilla (Ophisoma) Swainson, 1839
Thyreoconger Wade, 1946
References
Swainson, W.J. 1838. On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. A. Spottiswoode, London 1: i–vi + 1–368. BHL. Reference page.
Smith, D.G., Ho, H-C., Huang, J-F. & Chang, Y-H. 2018. The congrid eel genus Ariosoma in Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Congridae), with description of a new species. pp 84–106 In Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Open access Reference page. Zootaxa 4454(1): 84–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.10 Open access PDF Reference page.
Links
Ariosoma and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Ariosoma species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Vernacular names
日本語: ゴテンアナゴ属
Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels.
Species
There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:
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 somaliense)
Ariosoma bauchotae Karrer, 1982
Ariosoma coquettei D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 2015[1]
Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872) (Barred conger) (syn. Ariosoma nancyae)
Ariosoma gilberti (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Gilbert's garden eel)
Ariosoma howensis (McCulloch & Waite, 1916) (Lord Howe conger)
Ariosoma major (Asano, 1958)
Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) (Large-eye conger) (syn. Ariosoma bowersi)
Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914) (Blunt-tooth conger)
Ariosoma meeki (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900)
Ariosoma megalops Fowler, 1938
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 prorigerum (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Slope conger)
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
Former Species
Species formerly categorized as Ariosoma, that are now listed under a different genus
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)
References
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.
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