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Ariosoma indicum Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Acharya, Mohanty, Mohapatra, Kumar & Lal, 2022 Indian stout conger |
| Family: | Congridae (Conger and garden eels), subfamily: Bathymyrinae | |||
| Max. size: | 43.3 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Indian Ocean: India. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Vertebrae: 141-146. This elongated eel species is distinguished from al its congeners by the following set of characters: anus on the anterior to the midpoint of the total length, pre-anal length 40.0-43.1% of TL; dorsal-fin origin before the pectoral-fin base; short wedge-shaped pointed vomerine teeth patch, three or four rows in the anterior portion, tapering posteriorly with four uniserial teeth; intermaxillary teeth with four transverse rows, barely visible when jaws closed and a fine gap separates vomerine and maxillary teeth; lateral line pores end at a smaller distance (3.8-4.6 in HL) before the tail tip; SO canal with 4 or 5 pores; pre-dorsal vertebrae 9-10; preanal vertebrae 49-53; total vertebrae 141-146. Colouration: body greenish-brown in colour; two faint dark bands at dorsal portion of the head, extremities of the lower jaw with minute dark pigmentation patches before the rictus, bicoloured pectoral fin. (Ref. 130193). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||