# Tropical conger

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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Tighe, K. |author2=Smith, D.G. |author3=McCosker, J. |date=2019 |title=''Ariosoma scheelei'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T199400A2591403 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199400A2591403.en |access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Ariosoma scheelei
| authority = ([Strömman](/source/Pehr_Hugo_Str%C3%B6mman), 1896)
| synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=7672&SynCode=26634&GenusName=Ariosoma&SpeciesName=scheelei Synonyms of ''Ariosoma scheelei''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref>
| synonyms = * ''Leptocephalus scheelei'' <small>Strömman, 1896</small>
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The '''tropical conger''' (''Ariosoma scheelei''), also known as the '''Scheele's conger''',<ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7672&GenusName=Ariosoma&SpeciesName=scheelei&StockCode=7981 Common names for ''Ariosoma scheelei''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> is an [eel](/source/eel) in the family [Congridae](/source/Congridae) (conger/garden eels).<ref name="Fishbase">{{FishBase|Ariosoma|scheelei}}</ref> It was described by [Pehr Hugo Strömman](/source/Pehr_Hugo_Str%C3%B6mman) in 1896, originally under the genus ''[Leptocephalus](/source/Leptocephalus)''.<ref name="Strömman, 1896">{{cite book|author=Pehr Hugo Strömman |year=1896 |title=Leptocephalids in the University Zoological Museum at Upsala|publisher=Almqvist & Wiksell |location=Upsala|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/117080#page/5/mode/1up|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.56320}}</ref> It is a [tropical](/source/tropical), [marine](/source/Marine_biology) eel which is known from the [Indo-Pacific](/source/Indo-Pacific), including [Natal](/source/Natal_(region)) and [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique). It inhabits [reef](/source/reef)s in lagoons, and is known to dwell at a depth of 9 metres. Males can reach a maximum [total length](/source/total_length) of {{convert|20|cm|in}}.<ref name="Fishbase"/>

Named in honor of Capt. [George von Schéele](/source/George_von_Sch%C3%A9ele), seaman and amateur naturalist, who collected type specimen.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/congridae/ | title = Family CONGRIDAE Kaup 1856 (Conger Eels) | access-date= 19 September 2024 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 30 August 2024}}</ref>
 

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Category:Ariosoma
Category:Taxa named by Pehr Hugo Strömman
Category:Fish described in 1896

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