Large-eye conger

The large-eye conger[2] (Ariosoma marginatum) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Léon Vaillant and Henri Émile Sauvage in 1875, originally under the genus Congrogadus.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the northwestern and eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Hawaii and the Ladd Seamount. It typically dwells at a depth range of 2–420 metres, and leads a benthic, nocturnal lifestyle, burrowing into sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 38 centimetres.[3]

Large-eye conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species:
A. marginatum
Binomial name
Ariosoma marginatum
(Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • Congrogadus marginatus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
  • Congrellus bowersi Jenkins, 1903
  • Ariosoma bowersi (Jenkins, 1903)

References
  1. Synonyms of Ariosoma marginatum at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Ariosoma marginatum at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Ariosoma marginatum at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Vaillant, L. L. and H.-E. Sauvage, 1875 [ref. 17853] Note sur quelques espèces nouvelles de poissons des îles Sandwich. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Ser. 3) v. 3: 278-287.


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