analis, Conger Poey [F.] 1860:318 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Holotype: MCZ 9325. Type catalog: Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35195]. •Valid as Ariosoma anale (Poey 1860) -- (Uyeno & Sasaki in Uyeno et al. 1983:109 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:57 [ref. 23100], Smith 1989:502 [ref. 13285], Smith 1989:731 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:156 [ref. 13454], Cervigón 1991:00 [ref. 24472] as analis, Cervigón 1992:302 [ref. 23827], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:149 [ref. 27754], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27192], Smith 2003:749 [ref. 26989], Nelson et al. 2004:64 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:64 [ref. 32708], Smith 2016:1690 [ref. 34556], Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35195], Reiner 2019:76 [ref. 38139], Carvalho-Filho 2023:55 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:56 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:130 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Ariosoma anale (Poey 1860). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) south to northern Brazil and Fernando de Noronha, including eastern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Ghana, Ivory Coast, São Tomé and Principe. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.