Sea conger

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Tighe, K. |author2=Smith, D.G. |author3=McCosker, J. |date=2019 |title=''Ariosoma anagoides'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T199095A2558374 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199095A2558374.en |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Ariosoma anagoides | authority = (Bleeker, 1853) | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=7856&SynCode=26727&GenusName=Ariosoma&SpeciesName=anagoides Synonyms of ''Ariosoma anagoides''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> | synonyms = * ''Conger anagoides'' <small>Bleeker, 1853</small> * ''Alloconger anagoides'' <small>(Bleeker, 1853)</small> }} The '''sea conger''' (''Ariosoma anagoides''), also known as the '''big-eye conger''',<ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7856&GenusName=Ariosoma&SpeciesName=anagoides&StockCode=8166 Common names for ''Ariosoma anagoides''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).<ref name="Fishbase">[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Ariosoma-anagoides.html ''Ariosoma anagoides''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1853, originally under the genus ''Conger''.<ref name="Bleeker, 1853">Bleeker, P., 1853 [ref. 339] ''Bijdrage tot de kennis der Muraenoïden en Symbranchoïden van den Indischen Archipel.'' Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 5): 1-62+ 63-76</ref> It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean, including Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; the eastern China Sea, and the East Indies. It leads a benthic lifestyle and dwells in sand and mud. Males can reach a maximum total length of 51 centimeters.<ref name="Fishbase"/>

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Category:Ariosoma Category:Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker Category:Fish described in 1853