Bandtooth conger

The bandtooth conger (Ariosoma balearicum), also known as the Baleares conger or the Balearic conger,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by François Étienne Delaroche in 1809, originally under the genus Muraena.[4] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic and the western Indian Ocean, including North Carolina, USA; the northern Gulf of Mexico, northern South America, Canada, Portugal, Angola, the Mediterranean, and the Red Sea. It inhabits reefs and littoral shelves, and burrows into sand and mud. It dwells at a depth range of 1–732 meters, but most frequently between 20–100 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 35 centimetres (14 in; 1.15 ft), but more commonly reach a TL of 25 centimetres (9.8 in)[3]

Bandtooth conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species:
A. balearicum
Binomial name
Ariosoma balearicum
(Delaroche, 1809)
Synonyms[1]
  • Muraena balearica Delaroche, 1809
  • Conger balearicus (Delaroche, 1809)
  • Congermuraena balearica (Delaroche, 1809)
  • Congrellus balearicus (Delaroche, 1809)
  • Ophisoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809)
  • Congromuraena balearica (Delaroche, 1809) (misspelling)
  • Echelus ciuciara Rafinesque, 1810
  • Muraena cassini Risso, 1810
  • Conger cassini (Risso, 1810)
  • Ophisoma acuta Swainson, 1839
  • Conger auratus Costa, 1844
  • Helmichthys diaphanus Costa, 1844
  • Leptocephalus marginatus Kaup, 1856
  • Leptocephalus taenia Kaup, 1856
  • Conger impressus Poey, 1860
  • Ariosoma impressa (Poey, 1860)
  • Ophiosoma impressus (Poey, 1860)
  • Ophisoma impressus (Poey, 1860)
  • Congromuraena impressa (Poey, 1860) (misspelling)
  • Leptocephalus inornatus Facciolà, 1883
  • Leptocephalus affinis Facciolà, 1883
  • Leptocephalus eckmani Strömman, 1896
  • Leptocephalus ekmani Strömman, 1896 (misspelling)
  • Leptocephalus rex Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902
  • Leptocephalus microphthalmus Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928
  • Ariosoma minor Howell Rivero, 1934
  • Ariosoma somaliense Kotthaus, 1968

The bandtooth conger is of minor interest to fisheries.[3]

References
  1. Synonyms of Ariosoma balearicum at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Ariosoma balaericum at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Ariosoma balearicum at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Delaroche, F. E., 1809 [ref. 17380] Suite du mémoire sur les espèces de poissons observées à Iviça. Observations sur quelques-uns des poissons indiqués dans le précédent tableau et descriptions des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 13: 313-361, Pls. 20-25.
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