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Summary for Ariosoma balearicum Larvae
Bandtooth conger

Ariosoma  balearicum  (Delaroche, 1809)
Family:	Congridae (Conger and garden eels)
Order:	Anguilliformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Bandtooth conger
Distribution:	Eastern Atlantic: southern Portugal to Angola, including the Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America (Ref. 7251). Nortwest Atlantic: Canada. Western Indian Ocean: including the Red Sea.
Adult biology:	Found on the shelf, littoral, burrowing in galleries on sandy mud bottoms. Carnivorous. (Ref. 6521).
Diagnosis:	At 8.0 mm several abdominal spots. 4 teeth in each jaw. 129-137 myomeres, of wich 64-70 preanal. At 10 mm 5-6 small spots on each side and 5 large dorsal chromatophores 127-136 myomeres. Sublateral punctuation of small oblique lines in myoseptums. See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	subtropical; 37°N - 17°S
Main Ref:	Bertolini, F., U. D'Ancona, E. Padoa Montalenti, S. Ranzi, L. Sanzo, A. Sparta, E. Tortonese and M. Vialli. 1956. (Ref. 65)
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	Checked: Giovanardi, Otello	Modified: Luna, Susan M.	Entered: Papasissi, Christine

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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