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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Bathymyrinae
Etymology: Ariosoma: Greek, ari = very, strength, superiority + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335); gracile: Name from Latin word, ‘gracilis - gracile’ meaning slender, which denotes the slender-bodied eel..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
বাস্তুসংস্থান
সামুদ্রিক তলদেশ বিহারী. Tropical
Western Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, sw India.
আকৃতি / ওজন / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.1 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 130865)
Short description
সনাক্তকারী নির্দেশক | বহিঃ অঙ্গ সংস্থান | মরফোমেট্রিক্স
কশেরুকা : 140 - 142. This medium-sized slender eel is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: anus positioned well-before middle of total length, pre-anal length 43.7% (41.3-44.7%) of TL; tail longer, 55.3-58.7% TL; dorsal-fin is above pectoral-fin base; no dark or whitish
bands on dorsal surface of the head, ventral extremities and mid-portion of lower jaw with minute dark pigmentation patch; short vomerine teeth patch with three or four rows of pointed teeth in the anterior portion, intermaxillary teeth patch curved, slightly upturned at anterior end, clearly
visible when mouth is closed, separated from vomerine and maxillary teeth by a definite gap; SO canal with 4 pores; on ST canal 0 or 3 pores; pre-dorsal vertebrae 9 (9); pre-anal vertebrae 48 (49-54); total vertebrae 141 (140-142) (Ref. 130865).
Specimens were collected from trawl by-catches landings at Kalamukku Fishing Harbour, off Kerala, south-western Indian coast of the Arabian Sea (Ref. 130865).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | প্রজনন | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | শুককীট
Kodeeswaran, P., A. Kathirvelpandian, D. Ray, A. Mohapatra, T.T.A. Kumar, C. Raghunathan and U.K. Sarkar, 2024. Two new species of the congrid eel genus Ariosoma (Anguilliformes, Congridae, Bathymyrinae) from Indian waters. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(1):119-128. (Ref. 130865)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
ট্রফিক পর্যায়ে (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
স্থিতিস্থাপক (Ref.
120179): উচ্চ, সর্বনিম্ন প্রজন দ্বিগুনের সময় ১৫ মাস (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).
