Ariosoma
Encyclopedia
Ariosoma is a genus
of marine congrid eels.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of marine congrid eels.
Species
- Ariosoma anago (TemminckCoenraad Jacob TemminckCoenraad Jacob Temminck was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist.Temminck was the first director of the National Natural History Museum at Leiden from 1820 until his death. His Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe was the standard work on European birds...
& SchlegelHermann SchlegelHermann Schlegel was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.-Early life and education:Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimulated Schlegel's interest in natural history...
, 1846) (Silvery conger) - Ariosoma anagoides (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1853) (Sea conger) - Ariosoma anale (Poey, 1860) (Longtrunk conger)
- Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809) (Bandtooth conger)
- Ariosoma bauchotae Karrer, 1982
- Ariosoma coquettei D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
- Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872) (Barred sand conger)
- Ariosoma gilberti (J. D. OgilbyJames Douglas OgilbyJames Douglas Ogilby was an Australian ichthyologist.Ogilby was born in Belfast, Ireland, and was the son of zoologist William Ogilby. He received his education at Winchester College, England, and Trinity College, Dublin.Ogilby worked for the British Museum before joining the Australian Museum in...
, 1898) (Gilbert's Garden Eel) - Ariosoma howensis (McCullochAlan Riverstone McCullochAlan Riverstone McCulloch was a prominent Australian ichthyologist.McCulloch was born in Sydney, and began his scientific career at the age of 13 as an unpaid assistant to Edgar Ravenswood Waite in the Australian Museum there; Waite encouraged McCulloch to study zoology...
& WaiteEdgar Ravenswood WaiteEdgar Ravenswood Waite was a British/Australian ichthyologist, ornithologist and zoologist.Waite was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the second son of John Waite, a bank clerk,...
, 1916) (Lord Howe conger) - Ariosoma major (Asano, 1958)
- Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & SauvageHenri Émile Sauvage- Works :Articles in The Popular Science Monthly:* “Amphibious Fishes,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 9, September 1876* “The Archer-Fishes,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 12, January 1878* “The Matamata,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 16, March 1880...
, 1875) (Large-eye conger) - Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914) (Blunt-tooth conger)
- Ariosoma meeki (D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& SnyderJohn Otterbein SnyderJohn Otterbein Snyder was an American zoologist.As a student he met David Starr Jordan who inspired him to enter zoology. He eventually became a zoology instructor at Stanford University and served there from 1899 until 1943. He went on several major collecting expeditions aboard the USS Albatross...
, 1900) - Ariosoma megalops FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1938 - Ariosoma mellissii (Günther, 1870) (Silver Eel)
- Ariosoma multivertebratum Karmovskaya, 2004
- Ariosoma nigrimanum Norman, 1939
- Ariosoma obud HerreAlbert William HerreAlbert William Christian Theodore Herre was an American ichthyologist and lichenologist.Herre was born in 1868 in Toledo, Ohio....
, 1923 - Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus Karmovskaya, 1991
- Ariosoma opistophthalmum (RanzaniCamillo RanzaniCamillo Ranzani was an Italian priest and a naturalist. He was director of the Museum of Natural History of Bologna from 1803 to 1841...
, 1839) - Ariosoma prorigerum (C. H. GilbertCharles Henry GilbertCharles Henry Gilbert was a pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States. He collected and studied fishes from Central America north to Alaska and described many new species...
, 1891) (Slope conger) (attribution to current genus uncertain) - 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