Ariosoma bauchotae is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Christine Karrer in 1983.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from waters northwest of Madagascar, in the western Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 308–314 metres.[2]

Ariosoma bauchotae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species:
A. bauchotae
Binomial name
Ariosoma bauchotae
Karrer, 1983

Etymology

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Named in honor of Marie-Louise Bauchot (b. 1928), ichthyologist and assistant manager, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris).[4]


References

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  1. ^ McCosker, J.; Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G. (2019). "Ariosoma bauchotae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199031A2551846. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199031A2551846.en. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Ariosoma bauchotae at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Karrer, C., 1983 [ref. 5679] Anguilliformes du Canal de Mozambique (Pisces, Teleostei). Faune Tropicale v. 23 (for 1982): 1-116.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families MURAENESOCIDAE, NETTASTOMATIDAE, CONGRIDAE, MORINGUIDAE, CYEMATIDAE, NEOCYEMATIDAE, MONOGNATHIDAE, SACCOPHARYNGIDAE, EURYPHARYNGIDAE, NEMICHTHYIDAE, SERRIVOMERIDAE and ANGUILLID". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.