CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Anguilliformes (order)  »  Congridae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 067038 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Ariosoma howense   (McCulloch & Waite, 1916)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

Image by: G. Kelly (ex Lord Howe Marine Park)
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Family: 37 67 Congridae (Conger Eels) - show full list
Standard Name: [a conger eel]
Common Names List: Lord Howe conger
Organism Type: a conger eel
Synonyms: Ariosoma howensis [in most references prior to 2025]
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 067902     Ariosoma spp.
 Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
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Expected species depth range is from 60 to 600 m.
Taxon Notes:ensis belongs to a group of adjectives with only two endings, ensis for masculine and feminine and ense for neuter. Ariosoma is a combination Ario and soma, with soma being a Greek noun for body and is neuter, and howense is the correct spelling (D. Hoese, Australian Faunal Directory, pers. comm. 5 April 2025).

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3717a416-ac3a-4ee8-a422-7599aa2a2be5
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2026-01-13
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 3908
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271723
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2026-01-13
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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