Ariosoma Swainson [W.] 1838:220 Neut. Ophisoma acuta Swainson 1839. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared first without included species, renamed Ophisoma by Swainson 1839:334 [ref. 4303] with 2 included species. Type apparenty designated first by Bleeker 1864:20 [ref. 4860l] through Ophisoma (Art. 67.8). •Valid as Ariosoma Swainson 1838 -- (Blache et al. 1973:240 [ref. 7185], Karrer 1982:11 [ref. 5679], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:27 [ref. 6441], Bauchot & Saldanha in Whitehead et al. 1986:567 [ref. 13676], Castle 1986:162 [ref. 5644], Smith 1989:491 [ref. 13285], Karmovskaya 1991 [ref. 19225], Shen 1998:8 [ref. 23445], Shen 1998:106 [ref. 24936], Smith 1999:1683 [ref. 24661], Smith 2003:746 [ref. 26989], Smith & Karmovskaya 2003:1 [ref. 27189], Hoese & Gates 2006:288 [ref. 28997], Fricke et al. 2009:20 [ref. 30213], Imamura 2009:22 [ref. 30434], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:19 [ref. 36649], Zhang et al. 2010:193 [ref. 31511], Karmovskaya 2015:719 [ref. 34150], Smith & Stewart 2015:272 [ref. 34234], Motomura et al. 2017:35 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:48 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:24 [ref. 36273], Karmovskaya 2018:403 [455] [ref. 36153], Smith 2018:79 [ref. 36039], Smith et al. 2018:84 [ref. 36040], Brown et al. 2019:157 [ref. 36444], Kodeeswaran et al. 2021:[1] [ref. 38318], Kodeeswaran et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39019], Kodeeswaran et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39196], Kodeeswaran et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39376], Ray et al. 2022:133 [ref. 39391], Kodeeswaran et al. 2024:119 [ref. 40791], Kodeeswaran et al. 2024:1 [ref. 41146]). Current status: Valid as Ariosoma Swainson 1838. Congridae: Bathymyrinae.