Ariosoma

Ariosoma
Ariosoma selenops
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Subfamily:	Bathymyrinae
Genus:	Ariosoma Swainson, 1838

Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels.

Species

There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:

• Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Silvery conger)
• Ariosoma anagoides (Bleeker, 1853) (Sea conger)
• Ariosoma anale (Poey, 1860) (Long-trunk conger)
• Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809) (Band-tooth conger) (formerly known as Ariosoma impressa, Ariosoma minor, and Ariosoma somaliense)
• Ariosoma bauchotae Karrer, 1982
• Ariosoma coquettei D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
• Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 2015
• Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872) (Barred sand conger)
• Ariosoma gilberti (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Gilbert's garden eel)
• Ariosoma howensis (McCulloch & Waite, 1916) (Lord Howe conger)
• Ariosoma major (Asano, 1958)
• Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) (Large-eye conger)
• Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914) (Blunt-tooth conger)
• Ariosoma meeki (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900)
• Ariosoma megalops Fowler, 1938
• Ariosoma mellissii (Günther, 1870) (Silver eel)
• Ariosoma multivertebratum Karmovskaya, 2004
• Ariosoma nigrimanum Norman, 1939
• Ariosoma obud Herre, 1923
• Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus Karmovskaya, 1991
• Ariosoma opistophthalmum (Ranzani, 1839)
• Ariosoma prorigerum (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Slope conger)
• Ariosoma sanzoi (D'Ancona, 1928)
• Ariosoma sazonovi Karmovskaya, 2004
• Ariosoma scheelei (Strömman, 1896) (Tropical conger)
• Ariosoma selenops Reid, 1934
• Ariosoma sereti Karmovskaya, 2004
• Ariosoma shiroanago (Asano, 1958)
• Ariosoma sokotranum Karmovskaya, 1991

Former Species

Species formerly categorized as Ariosoma, that are now listed under a different genus

• Ariosoma bleekeri - now known as Bathycongrus bleekeri
• Ariosoma mystax - now known as Gnathophis mystax (thinlip conger)