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Bigeye short-tail conger (Ariosoma megalops)
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Bigeye short-tail conger (Ariosoma megalops) specimen
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Congridae

Bigeye short-tail conger

Ariosoma megalops

Fish Reaching Twenty Point Eight Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Ariosoma megalops is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1938. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean.

Family
Congridae
Maximum length
20.8 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Western Central Pacific.
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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