Ariosoma kapala

Ariosoma kapala
AM I.25923-005 [1]
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Ariosoma
Species:	A. kapala
Binomial name
Ariosoma kapala (Castle, 1990)

(AM I.25923-005) Holotype site (off Port Stephens, NSW'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000E-QINU`"'

Ariosoma kapala (common name mottled conger) ^[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). ^[3] It was first described in 1990 by Peter H. J. Castle as Poeciloconger kapala. ^[4] The holotype was collected by the New South Wales Fisheries Research Vessel Kapala on April 11, 1985, during a bottom trawl at a depth of 46–64 m. ^[4] The species was named for the FRV Kapala. ^[4] In 1998, Shieh-Chieh Shen moved the species to the genus Ariosoma . ^{[5] [6]}

It is a benthic species, endemic to the east coast of Australia and found in the neritic zone. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "GBIF occurrence: 11 APRIL 1985, Ariosoma kapala (Castle, 1990)". gbif.org. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
2. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Ariosoma kapala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T199298A2579966. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199298A2579966.en . Retrieved 16 November 2022.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ariosoma kapala". FishBase . February 2023 version.
4. P. H. J. Castle (1990). "Two new species of the previously monotypic congrid eel genera Poeciloconger and Macrocephenchelys from eastern Australia" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 42 (2): 119–126 [121, figs 1A–C, 2]. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.42.1990.109. ISSN   0067-1975. Wikidata   Q92173275.
5. "Australian Faunal Directory: Ariosoma kapala". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
6. Shih-Chieh Shen (1998). "Ariosoma Swainson, 1838, a senior synonym of Poeciloconger Günther, 1871, with redescriptions of A. fasicatus". Acta Zoologica Taiwanica. 9 (2): 105-110 [106]. ISSN   1019-5858. Wikidata   Q115223456.