Gilbert's garden eel

Gilbert's garden eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Congridae
Genus:Ariosoma
Species: A. gilberti
Binomial name
Ariosoma gilberti
(Ogilby, 1898)
Synonyms[1]
  • Congrellus gilberti Ogilby, 1898

The Gilbert's garden eel (Ariosoma gilberti), also known as the Gilbert's conger and the sharpnose conger,[2][3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by James Douglas Ogilby in 1898, originally under the genus Congrellus.[5] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf of California, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia.[4][3] It is a benthic and nocturnal species, and inhabits sand flats in reefs, bays and coves at a depth range of 1–100 metres. It burrows into sand during the day and emerges to forage during the night. Males can reach a maximum total length of 27 centimetres.[4]

The Gilbert's garden eel is preyed upon by the Pacific bearded brotula (Brotula clarkae, a Cusk-eel).[6] Due to its widespread distribution, lack of known threats, and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Gilbert's garden eel as Least Concern.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Ariosoma gilberti at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names for Ariosoma gilberti at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 3 Ariosoma gilberti at the IUCN redlist.
  4. 1 2 3 Ariosoma gilberti at www.fishbase.org.
  5. ↑ Ogilby, J. D., 1898 (Dec. 9) [ref. 3276] New genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 23 (pt 3): 280-299 (continued from p. 41).
  6. ↑ Predators of Ariosoma gilberti at www.fishbase.org.


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