Congridae

Ariosoma coquettei

Ariosoma coquettei

Congrid Fish beneath South American Waters

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• South America
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Ariosoma coquettei is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the northern coast of South America, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.