Silver eel

The silver eel (Ariosoma mellissii), also known as the Melliss's conger,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870.[4] It is a rare tropical, marine eel which is known solely from St. Helena, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of 67 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 42.8 centimetres.[3]

Silver eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species:
A. mellissii
Binomial name
Ariosoma mellissii
(Günther, 1870)
Synonyms[1]
  • Congromuraena mellissii Günther, 1870
  • Ariosoma mellissi (Günther, 1870)

References
  1. Synonyms of Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) [ref. 1995] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.


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