Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 173 - 208; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 133 - 143; Vertebrae: 136 - 141. Edge of unpaired fins dark, pectoral fins light, branchial chamber in the region of the operculum dark. Dorsal fin originates slightly anterior to base of the pectorals.

Common Names

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Úhořovec sokoterský , Czech , Czechia

Sokotra puurangerjas , Estonian , Estonia

印度洋美体鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

印度洋美體鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Congridae

Genus: Ariosoma

Species: Ariosoma sokotranum Karmovskaya, 1991

Climate Zone

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bathydemersal

Location

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Western Indian Ocean: off Sokotra Island.

Biology

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Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

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bathydemersal