Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid true eel.
Species
There are 42 species currently recognized in this genus by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:
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Ariosoma albimaculatum Kodeeswaran, Dash, Kumar & Lal, 2022
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Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Hermann Schlegel, 1846) (Silvery conger)
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Sea conger (Pieter Bleeker, 1853) (Sea conger)
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Longtrunk conger (Poey, 1860) (Longtrunk conger) (syn. Ariosoma analis)
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Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809) (Band-tooth conger) (syn. Ariosoma impressa, Ariosoma minor)
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Ariosoma bauchotae Christine Karrer, 1982
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Ariosoma bengalense Ray, Acharya, Khatua, Roy, Mohapatra & Mishra, 2022
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Ariosoma bowersi (Jenkins, 1903) (large-eye conger) (syn. Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875))
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Ariosoma coquettei D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977
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Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 2015
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Ariosoma emmae Smith & Ho, 2018
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Barred conger (Günther, 1872) (Barred conger) (syn. Ariosoma nancyae)
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Ariosoma gilberti (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Gilbert's garden eel)
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Ariosoma gnadanossi Talwar & Mukherjee, 1977
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Ariosoma gracile Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Mohapatra, Kumar & Sarkar, 2024
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Ariosoma hemiaspidus Wade, 1946
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Ariosoma howense (McCulloch & Waite, 1916) (Lord Howe conger)
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Ariosoma indicum Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Acharya, Mohanty, Mohapatra, Kumar & Lal, 2022
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Ariosoma kannani Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Ray, Kumar, Mohapatra & Sarkar, 2024
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Ariosoma kapala (Castle, 1990)
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Ariosoma majus (Hirotoshi Asano, 1958)
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Ariosoma mauritianum (Paul Pappenheim, 1914) (Blunt-tooth conger)
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Ariosoma maurostigma Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra, Dhinakaran, Kumar & Lal, 2022
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Ariosoma meeki (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900)
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Ariosoma megalops Fowler, 1938
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Ariosoma melanospilos Kodeeswaran, Jayakumar, Akash, Kumar & Lal, 2021
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Ariosoma mellissii (Günther, 1870) (Silver eel)
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Ariosoma multivertebratum Karmovskaya, 2004
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Ariosoma nigrimanum Norman, 1939
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Ariosoma obud Herre, 1923
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Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus Karmovskaya, 1991
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Ariosoma opistophthalmum (Camillo Ranzani, 1839)
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Ariosoma sanzoi (D'Ancona, 1928)
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Ariosoma sazonovi Karmovskaya, 2004
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Ariosoma scheelei (Strömman, 1896) (Tropical conger)
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Ariosoma selenops Reid, 1934
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Ariosoma sereti Karmovskaya, 2004
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Ariosoma shiroanago (Hirotoshi Asano, 1958)
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Ariosoma sokotranum Karmovskaya, 1991
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Ariosoma somaliense Kotthaus, 1968
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Ariosoma tamilicum Kodeeswaran, Acharya, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2025
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Ariosoma thoothukudiense Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2024
Former Species
Species formerly categorized as
Ariosoma, that are now listed under a different genus:
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Ariosoma bleekeri (Fowler, 1934) - now known as Bathycongrus bleekeri
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Ariosoma guttulata (Günther, 1887) - now known as lined conger (lined conger)
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Ariosoma mystax (Delaroche, 1809) - now known as thinlip conger (thinlip conger)
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Ariosoma prorigerum (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) - now known as Japonoconger proriger (slope conger)
