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Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914)

Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 167; Anal soft rays: 110; Vertebrae: 143. Brownish, median fins yellowish with black margin.

Common Names

  • Stomptand-seepaling , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Úhořovec rudomořský , Czech , Czechia
  • Blunt-tooth conger , English , Australia
  • Blunt-tooth conger , English , South Africa
  • Blunt-tooth conger , English , Global
  • Tömphammas-puurangerjas , Estonian , Estonia
  • 鈍齒美體鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 钝齿美体鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Safio mauriciano , Portuguese , Mozambique

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anguilliformes

    Family: Congridae

    Genus: Ariosoma

    Species: Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914)

    Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the western Pacific, south to Western Australia and New South Wales (Australia).

    • Biology

    Life cycle and mating behavior

    Habitat

    bathydemersal