Ariosoma nigrimanum

Ariosoma nigrimanum

Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Ariosoma nigrimanum is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by John Roxborough Norman in 1939. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Gulf of Aden, in the western Indian Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Water type: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform