Ariosoma meeki

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Ariosoma meeki
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species:
A. meeki
Binomial name
Ariosoma meeki
(Jordan & Snyder, 1900)
Synonyms [2]
  • Congrellus meekiJordan & Snyder, 1900
  • Ariosome meeki(Jordan & Snyder, 1900) (misspelling)

Ariosoma meeki is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1900, originally under the genus Congrellus . [4] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from Japan and the Peng-hu Islands, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males are known to reach a maximum total length of 53 centimetres. [3]

Named in honor of ichthyologist Seth Eugene Meek (1859-1914), who first recognized the distinctiveness of this species. [5]


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References

  1. McCosker, J.; Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G. (2019). "Ariosoma meeki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T199097A2558596. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199097A2558596.en . Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. Synonyms of Ariosoma meeki at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Ariosoma meeki at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Jordan, D. S. and J. O. Snyder 1900 (10 Dec.) [ref. 2502] A list of fishes collected in Japan by Keinosuke Otaki, and by the United States steamer Albatross, with descriptions of fourteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1213): 335-380, Pls. 9-20.
  5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families MURAENESOCIDAE, NETTASTOMATIDAE, CONGRIDAE, MORINGUIDAE, CYEMATIDAE, NEOCYEMATIDAE, MONOGNATHIDAE, SACCOPHARYNGIDAE, EURYPHARYNGIDAE, NEMICHTHYIDAE, SERRIVOMERIDAE and ANGUILLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.