Darkfin Conger, Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel 1847)
Other Names: Dark-finned Conger-eel, Silvery Conger
A Darkfin Conger, Ariosoma anago, at Yaene, Hachijo Island, Tokyo, Japan, November 2015, depth 15m. Source: Keisuke Imamura (WEB Fish Encyclopedia) / zukan.com. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A silvery brown conger eel with a dark margin on the dorsal, anal and caudal fins.
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Bray, D.J. 2024, Ariosoma anago in Fishes of Australia, accessed 07 Oct 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3904
Darkfin Conger, Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel 1847)
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Distribution |
Rottnest Island, Western Australia, around the tropical north to Moreton Bay, Queensland, and possibly south to off Lakes Entrance, Bass Strait, Victoria. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, from Japan and the Philippines to Australia. Inhabits sandy and muddy areas. |
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Features |
Vertebrae 143. Eye large; snout short; tongue wide, free. Rictus in advance of middle of eye, or 1/2 of pectoral fin. Gill slit large; posterior nostril without flaps.Teeth conical, anterior jaw teeth in 3-4 rows, posterior teeth in a single row; anterior vomerine teeth in 2-3 rows, posterior teeth in a single row; premaxillary teeth connected with vomerine teeth. Fin rays unsegmented, Dorsal fin origin above gill slit. Pectoral-fin well developed, caudal fin compressed. Body brown, dorsal and anal black; no spots on upper and lower sides after rear margin of eye. |
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Etymology |
The specific name anago is the Japanese word for conger eel. |
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Species Citation |
Conger anago Temminck & Schlegel 1847, Fauna Japonica Vol. 4(14, 15): 259, Pl.13 (fig.2). Type locality: Omura, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2024 |
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Darkfin Conger, Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel 1847)
References
Asano, H. 1962. Studies on the congrid eels of Japan. Bulletin of the Misaki Marine Biological Institute. Kyoto University (1): 1-143 figs 1-62
Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and van Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 28: 1-242 pls 1-5
Castle, P.H.J. 1964. Congrid leptocephali in Australasian waters with descriptions of Conger wilsoni (Bl. and Schn.) and C. verreauxi Kaup. Zoological Publications of the Victoria University, Wellington (37): 1-44 figs 1-10
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Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)
Jordan, D.S. & Hubbs, C.L. 1925. Record of fishes obtained by David Starr Jordan in Japan, 1922. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 10(2): 93-346 pls 5-12 (as Anago anago)
Karmovskaya, E. 2018. On the species composition of eels of the genus Ariosoma (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Nha Trang and Van Phong Bays (South China Sea, Central Vietnam). Journal of Ichthyology 58: 455-472. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945218040070.
McCosker, J., Tighe, K. & Smith, D.G. 2019. Ariosoma anago. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T198980A2546379. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T198980A2546379.en. Accessed on 19 August 2024.
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls.
Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1847. Pisces. 248-289 pls 111-128, 129 (in part) in Siebold, P. Fr de (ed.). Fauna Japonica. Leyden : Apud Arnz & Socios Vol. 4(14, 15) See ref at BHL
