{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Ariosoma selenops.jpg | image_caption = ''Ariosoma selenops'' | taxon = Ariosoma | authority = Swainson, 1838 | type_species = ''Ophisoma acuta'' | type_species_authority = Swainson, 1839 | synonyms = *''Ophisoma'' {{small|Swainson, 1839}} * ''Anguilla (Ophisoma)'' {{small|Swainson, 1839}} }}
'''''Ariosoma''''' is a genus of marine congrid eels.<ref name=worms>{{Cite WoRMS |author=Bailly, Nicolas|year=2014|id=125622|title=''Ariosoma'' Swainson, 1838|access-date=2024-10-26}}</ref>
==Species== There are 42 species currently recognized in this genus by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:<ref>{{Cof genus|Ariosoma|access-date=16 May 2025}}</ref> * ''Ariosoma albimaculatum'' <small>Kodeeswaran, Dash, Kumar & Lal, 2022</small><ref>{{cite journal|author=Paramasivam Kodeeswaran|author2= Deepa Dhas|author3= Thipramalai Thangappan Pillai Ajith Kumar |author4=Kuldeep Kumar Lal|year= 2022|title= Description of A New Congrid Eel, ''Ariosoma albimaculata'' sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the southwest coast of India, Arabian Sea|journal= Ichthyological Research|doi=10.1007/s10228-022-00882-1}}</ref> * ''Ariosoma anago'' <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)</small> (Silvery conger) * ''Ariosoma anagoides'' <small>(Bleeker, 1853)</small> (Sea conger) * ''Ariosoma anale'' <small>(Poey, 1860)</small> (Longtrunk conger) (syn. ''Ariosoma analis'') * ''Ariosoma balearicum'' <small>(Delaroche, 1809)</small> (Band-tooth conger) (syn. ''Ariosoma impressa'', ''Ariosoma minor'') * ''Ariosoma bauchotae'' <small>Karrer, 1982</small> * ''Ariosoma bengalense'' <small>Ray, Acharya, Khatua, Roy, Mohapatra & Mishra, 2022</small> * ''Ariosoma bowersi'' <small>(Jenkins, 1903)</small> (large-eye conger) (syn. ''Ariosoma marginatum'' <small>(Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)</small>) * ''Ariosoma coquettei'' <small>D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977</small> * ''Ariosoma dolichopterum'' <small>Karmovskaya, 2015</small><ref name=Karmovskaya2015>{{cite journal|author=Karmovskaya, E.S. |year=2015|title= New species of the genus ''Ariosoma'', ''A. dolichopterum'' (Bathymyrinae), from the waters of Central Vietnam|journal=Journal of Ichthyology|volume= 55 |issue=6|pages= 906–910|doi=10.1134/S0032945215060077 |bibcode=2015JIch...55..906K }}</ref> * ''Ariosoma emmae'' <small>Smith & Ho, 2018</small> * ''Ariosoma fasciatum'' <small>(Günther, 1872)</small> (Barred conger) (syn. ''Ariosoma nancyae'') * ''Ariosoma gilberti'' <small>(J. D. Ogilby, 1898)</small> (Gilbert's garden eel) * ''Ariosoma gnadanossi'' <small>Talwar & Mukherjee, 1977</small> * ''Ariosoma gracile'' <small>Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Mohapatra, Kumar & Sarkar, 2024</small> * ''Ariosoma hemiaspidus'' <small>Wade, 1946</small> * ''Ariosoma howense'' <small>(McCulloch & Waite, 1916)</small> (Lord Howe conger) * ''Ariosoma indicum'' <small>Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Acharya, Mohanty, Mohapatra, Kumar & Lal, 2022</small> * ''Ariosoma kannani'' <small>Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Ray, Kumar, Mohapatra & Sarkar, 2024</small> * ''Ariosoma kapala'' <small>(Castle, 1990)</small> * ''Ariosoma majus'' <small>(Asano, 1958)</small> * ''Ariosoma mauritianum'' <small>(Pappenheim, 1914)</small> (Blunt-tooth conger) * ''Ariosoma maurostigma'' <small>Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra, Dhinakaran, Kumar & Lal, 2022</small> * ''Ariosoma meeki'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900)</small> * ''Ariosoma megalops'' <small>Fowler, 1938</small> * ''Ariosoma melanospilos'' <small>Kodeeswaran, Jayakumar, Akash, Kumar & Lal, 2021</small> * ''Ariosoma mellissii'' <small>(Günther, 1870)</small> (Silver eel) * ''Ariosoma multivertebratum'' <small>Karmovskaya, 2004</small> * ''Ariosoma nigrimanum'' <small>Norman, 1939</small> * ''Ariosoma obud'' <small>Herre, 1923</small> * ''Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus'' <small>Karmovskaya, 1991</small> * ''Ariosoma opistophthalmum'' <small>(Ranzani, 1839)</small> * ''Ariosoma sanzoi'' <small>(D'Ancona, 1928)</small> * ''Ariosoma sazonovi'' <small>Karmovskaya, 2004</small> * ''Ariosoma scheelei'' <small>(Strömman, 1896)</small> (Tropical conger) * ''Ariosoma selenops'' <small>Reid, 1934</small> * ''Ariosoma sereti'' <small>Karmovskaya, 2004</small> * ''Ariosoma shiroanago'' <small>(Asano, 1958)</small> * ''Ariosoma sokotranum'' <small>Karmovskaya, 1991</small> * ''Ariosoma somaliense'' <small>Kotthaus, 1968</small> * ''Ariosoma tamilicum'' <small> Kodeeswaran, Acharya, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2025</small> * ''Ariosoma thoothukudiense'' <small>Kodeeswaran, Kathirvelpandian, Mohapatra & Kumar, 2024</small>
===Former Species=== Species formerly categorized as ''Ariosoma'', that are now listed under a different genus:<ref name=worms/> * ''Ariosoma bleekeri'' <small>(Fowler, 1934)</small> - now known as ''Bathycongrus bleekeri'' * ''Ariosoma guttulata'' <small>(Günther, 1887)</small> - now known as ''Bathycongrus guttulatus'' (lined conger) * ''Ariosoma mystax'' <small>(Delaroche, 1809)</small> - now known as ''Gnathophis mystax'' (thinlip conger) * ''Ariosoma prorigerum'' <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1891)</small> - now known as ''Japonoconger proriger'' (slope conger)
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Ariosoma Category:Bathymyrinae Category:Taxa named by William Swainson Category:Fish described in 1838
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