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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Bathymyrinae
Etymology: Ariosoma: Greek, ari = very, strength, superiority + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335); multivertebratum: Named for its diagnostic character, maximum number of vertebrae among its congeners.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 300 - 460 m (Ref. 54804). Deep-water
Eastern Central Pacific: Marquesas islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 54.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 54804)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 258; Anal soft rays: 180 - 183; Vertebrae: 183 - 189. Diagnosis: The head and belly of this species is dark; margins of dorsal and anal fins black; pectoral and caudal fins light; dark spot on operculum. Dorsal fin originates slightly in front of the base of pectoral fin, above the 7th-10th pore of lateral line. Vertebrae 183-189; trunk vertebrae 128-132. Pores of lateral line to anus 57-62. Supraorbital canal 4, suborbital canal 7, preoperculomandibular canal 10, occipital commissure 0 (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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