Gilbert's garden eel
| Gilbert's garden eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Ariosoma |
| Species: | A. gilberti |
| Binomial name | |
| Ariosoma gilberti (Ogilby, 1898) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Gilbert's garden eel (Ariosoma gilberti), also known as the Gilbert's conger and the sharpnose conger,[2][3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by James Douglas Ogilby in 1898, originally under the genus Congrellus.[5] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf of California, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia.[4][3] It is a benthic and nocturnal species, and inhabits sand flats in reefs, bays and coves at a depth range of 1-100 metres. It burrows into sand during the day and emerges to forage during the night. Males can reach a maximum total length of 27 centimetres.[4]
The Gilbert's garden eel is preyed upon by the Pacific bearded brotula (Brotula clarkae, a Cusk-eel).[6] Due to its widespread distribution, lack of known threats, and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Gilbert's garden eel as Least Concern.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Ariosoma gilberti at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Ariosoma gilberti at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 3 Ariosoma gilberti at the IUCN redlist.
- 1 2 3 Ariosoma gilberti at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Ogilby, J. D., 1898 (Dec. 9) [ref. 3276] New genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 23 (pt 3): 280-299 (continued from p. 41).
- ↑ Predators of Ariosoma gilberti at www.fishbase.org.