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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Bathymyrinae
Etymology: Ariosoma: Greek, ari = very, strength, superiority + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: McCulloch & Waite.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 60 - 600 m (Ref. 54804). Deep-water
Distribution
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Western Pacific: slope of NE Australia, Lord Howe Rise, New Caledonia, and SE part of South Fiji Basin.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.2 cm TL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 211 - 241; Anal soft rays: 161 - 178; Vertebrae: 151 - 161. Diagnosis: The head and body of this species is uniformly light, margins of unpaired fins dark. Dorsal fin originates in front of the base of pectoral fin, above the 4th-6th pore of lateral line. Vertebrae 151-161; trunk 77-82. Pores of lateral line to anus 53-59. Supraorbital canal 6, suborbital canal 8, preoperculomandibular canal 10, occipital commissure 3 (Ref. 54804).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Karmovskaya, E.S., 2004. Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the Western Tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. J. Ichthyol. 44(1):S1-S32. (Ref. 54804)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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