Ariosoma Explained

Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels.^[1]

Species

There are 39 species currently recognized in this genus in the World Register of Marine Species:^[2]

• Ariosoma albimaculatum Kodeeswaran, Dash, Kumar & Lal, 2022^[3]
• 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^[4]
• Ariosoma emmae Smith & Ho, 2018
• Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872) (Barred conger) (syn. Ariosoma nancyae)
• Ariosoma gilberti (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Gilbert's garden eel)
• Ariosoma gnadanossi Talwar & Mukherjee, 1977
• Ariosoma gracile Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Mohapatra, Kumar & Sarkar, 2024
• Ariosoma hemiaspidus Wade, 1946
• Ariosoma howensis (McCulloch & Waite, 1916) (Lord Howe conger)
• Ariosoma indicum Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Acharya, Mohanty, Mohapatra, Kumar & Lal, 2022
• Ariosoma kannani Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Ray, Kumar, Mohapatra & Sarkar, 2024
• Ariosoma kapala (Castle, 1990)^[5]
• Ariosoma majus (Asano, 1958)
• Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) (Large-eye conger) (syn. Ariosoma bowersi)
• Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914) (Blunt-tooth conger)
• Ariosoma maurostigma Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra, Dhinakaran, Kumar & Lal, 2022
• Ariosoma meeki (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900)
• Ariosoma megalops Fowler, 1938
• Ariosoma melanospilos Kodeeswaran, Jayakumar, Akash, Kumar & Lal, 2021
• 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Ariosoma Swainson, 1838. marinespecies.org. 2024-10-26.
2. Web site: WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Ariosoma Swainson, 1838. marinespecies.org. 2024-10-26.
3. Paramasivam Kodeeswaran, Deepa Dhas, Thipramalai Thangappan Pillai Ajith Kumar and Kuldeep Kumar Lal. 2022. Description of A New Congrid Eel, Ariosoma albimaculata sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the southwest coast of India, Arabian Sea. Ichthyological Research. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-022-00882-1
4. 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.
5. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ariosoma kapala (Castle, 1990) . 2022-11-15 . www.marinespecies.org.