Ariosoma

Ariosoma
Ariosoma selenops
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Subfamily:	Bathymyrinae
Genus:	Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
Type species
Ophisoma acuta Swainson, 1839
Synonyms
OphisomaSwainson, 1839 Anguilla (Ophisoma)Swainson, 1839

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

Species

There are 42 species currently recognized in this genus by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: ^[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 bauchotae Karrer, 1982
• Ariosoma bengalense Ray, Acharya, Khatua, Roy, Mohapatra & Mishra, 2022
• Ariosoma bowersi (Jenkins, 1903) (large-eye conger) (syn. Ariosoma marginatum(Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875))
• 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 howense (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)
• Ariosoma majus (Asano, 1958)
• 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 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
• Ariosoma somaliense Kotthaus, 1968
• Ariosoma tamilicum Kodeeswaran, Acharya, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2025
• Ariosoma thoothukudiense Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2024

Former Species

Species formerly categorized as Ariosoma, that are now listed under a different genus: ^[1]

• 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)
• Ariosoma prorigerum(C. H. Gilbert, 1891) - now known as Japonoconger proriger (slope conger)

References

1. Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Ariosoma Swainson, 1838". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2024-10-26.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ariosoma". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 16 May 2025.
3. Paramasivam Kodeeswaran; Deepa Dhas; Thipramalai Thangappan Pillai Ajith Kumar; 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. Bibcode:2015JIch...55..906K. doi:10.1134/S0032945215060077.