bandtooth conger

Ariosoma balearicum

Fish Reaching Thirty Five Centimeters in the Indian Ocean

Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Europe
North America
South America
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

The bandtooth conger (Ariosoma balearicum), also known as the Baleares conger or the Balearic conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by François Étienne Delaroche in 1809, originally under the genus Muraena. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic and the western Indian Ocean, including North Carolina, United States; the northern Gulf of Mexico, northern South America, Canada, Portugal, Angola, the Mediterranean, and the Red Sea.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Maximum length: 35 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: southern Portugal to Angola, including the Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America (Ref. 7251 ). Nortwest Atlantic: Canada.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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