Ariosoma fasciatum, Barred sand conger

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Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872)

Barred sand conger
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Bathymyrinae
Etymology: Ariosoma: Greek, ari = very, strength, superiority + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 50 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical; 28°N - 26°S

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Indo-Pacific: Madagascar, Taiwan, Sulawesi, Marshall Is., Hawaiian Is., Society Is., and Tahiti.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 83.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123550)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 154 - 159. Colorful congrid with a stiff caudal fin adapted for rapid backward burrowing (Ref. 37816).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: circular.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A colorful congrid that lives beneath the sand of lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 89972).

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Smith, D.G., H.-C. Ho, J.F. Huang and Y.H. Chang, 2018. The congrid eel genus Ariosoma in Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Congridae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4454(1):84-106. (Ref. 123550)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 November 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.7 - 28.9, mean 27.5 °C (based on 284 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00115 (0.00048 - 0.00277), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100). 🛈