Ariosoma sokotranum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species:
A. sokotranum
Binomial name
Ariosoma sokotranum
Karmovskaya, 1991

Ariosoma sokotranum is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Sokotra Island (from which its species epithet is derived[2]), in the western Indian Ocean.[2]

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Ariosoma Sokotranum is a bathydemersal marine eel, usually found between 395-420 meters below the water's surface. Ariosoma Sokotranum was discovered in 1991 by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya. She described it as a new species of conger eel (congridae). Arisoma Sokotranum can only be found in the western Indian Ocean. The Ariosoma has between 136 - 141 vertebrae with a dark edge along the unpaired fins and light-coloured pectoral fins, with the branchial chamber in the region of the operculum dark. Ariosoma Sokotranum's dorsal fin originates slightly anterior to the base of the pectorals.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Ariosoma sokotranum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199407A2592153. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199407A2592153.en. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ariosoma sokotranum at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ Karmovskaya, E. S., 1991 [ref. 19225] The new species of conger eels (Congridae) from the western Indian Ocean. Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 31 (no. 6): 891-897.


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