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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Bathymyrinae
Etymology: Ariosoma: Greek, ari = very, strength, superiority + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335); dolichopterum: Name from Latin 'dolichopterum' meaning long pectoral fins, typical of this species..

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Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 480 m (Ref. 128691). Subtropical

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Indo-West Pacific: India to South China Sea; north off Vietnam and Taiwan.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.0 cm TL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 180 - 185; Anal soft rays: 120 - 140; Vertebrae: 127 - 131. This species is distinguished by the following characters: six supraorbital, eight infraorbital, ten preoperculo-mandibular, and three temporal large pores; it has a welldefined dark medial stripe on the lower surface of the snout; pectoral fin length 39-48% of head length; preanal pores 46-50; total vertebral number 127-131, precaudal vertebrae 58-61 (Ref. 124214).

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Kodeeswaran, P., T.K.T. Jayakumar, S. Akash, T.T.A. Kumar and K.K. Lal, 2021. A new species of congrid eel, Ariosoma melanospilos sp. nov., from Indian waters with taxonomic description of A. dolichopterum (Congridae: Bathymyrinae). Mar. Biodiversity 51:47. (Ref. 124214)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 November 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).

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