Ariosoma kapala

Ariosoma kapala
AM I.25923-005[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species:
A. kapala
Binomial name
Ariosoma kapala
(Castle, 1990)
Map
(AM I.25923-005) Holotype site (off Port Stephens, NSW[3]

Ariosoma kapala (common name mottled conger)[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was first described in 1990 by Peter H. J. Castle as Poeciloconger kapala.[5] The holotype was collected by the New South Wales Fisheries Research Vessel Kapala on April 11, 1985, during a bottom trawl at a depth of 46–64 m.[5] The species was named for the FRV Kapala.[5] In 1998, Shieh-Chieh Shen moved the species to the genus Ariosoma.[3][6]

It is a benthic species, endemic to the east coast of Australia and found in the neritic zone.[2][4]

References

  1. ^ "GBIF occurrence: 11 APRIL 1985, Ariosoma kapala (Castle, 1990)". gbif.org. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Ariosoma kapala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199298A2579966. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199298A2579966.en. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Ariosoma kapala". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ariosoma kapala". FishBase. February 2023 version.
  5. ^ a b c P. H. J. Castle (1990). "Two new species of the previously monotypic congrid eel genera Poeciloconger and Macrocephenchelys from eastern Australia" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 42 (2): 119–126 [121, figs 1A–C, 2]. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.42.1990.109. ISSN 0067-1975. Wikidata Q92173275.
  6. ^ Shih-Chieh Shen (1998). "Ariosoma Swainson, 1838, a senior synonym of Poeciloconger Günther, 1871, with redescriptions of A. fasicatus". Acta Zoologica Taiwanica. 9 (2): 105-110 [106]. ISSN 1019-5858. Wikidata Q115223456.


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