Silver eel

Silver eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Ariosoma
Species:	A. mellissii
Binomial name
	Ariosoma mellissii; (Günther, 1870)
Synonyms[1]
	Congromuraena mellissii Günther, 1870; Ariosoma mellissi (Günther, 1870);

The silver eel (Ariosoma mellissii), also known as the Melliss's conger,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870.[4] It is a rare tropical, marine eel which is known solely from St. Helena, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of 67 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 42.8 centimetres.[3]

References

Synonyms of Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
Common names for Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) [ref. 1995] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.

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[1] Synonyms of Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.

[2] Common names for Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-3] Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.

[Günther,_1870-4] Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) [ref. 1995] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.