Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels.
Species
There are 42 species currently recognized in this genus by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:
- Ariosoma albimaculatum <small>Kodeeswaran, Dash, Kumar & Lal, 2022</small>
- 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>
- 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:
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