Species that contain: Ariosoma and balearicum [ 22 ] records

acuta, Ophisoma Swainson [W.] 1839:396 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:241 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:495 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454], Zhang et al. 2010:193 [ref. 31511] with year as 1838). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

affinis, Leptocephalus Facciolà [L.] 1883:4, Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali. Memorié v. 6 (pt 1); ref. 17476] Straits of Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also in Facciolà 1883:147 [ref. 1289]; earliest not researched. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:241 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:495 [ref. 13285], Smith 1989:726 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

auratus, Conger Costa [O. G.] 1844:Conger p. 6, Pl. 29 (figs. 1-2) [Fauna del regno di Napoli Part 1; ref. 976] Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:241 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:495 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

auratus, Echelus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:66, Pl. 16 (fig. 3) [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:42 [ref. 3595]. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Parenti 2019:110 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.

balearica, Muraena Delaroche [F. E.] 1809:327 [41], Pl. 20 (fig. 3) [Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 13; ref. 17380] [Iviça] Ibiza Island, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-8434. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:115 [ref. 20810]. On p. 41 and Pl. 1 of separate. •Valid as Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:241 [ref. 7185], Dor 1984:32 [ref. 29757], Bauchot & Saldanha in Whitehead et al. 1986:568 [ref. 13676], Robins & Ray 1986:57 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:82 [ref. 25518], Smith 1989:495, 726 [ref. 13285], McAllister 1990:49 [ref. 14674], Smith 1990:156 [ref. 13454], Cervigón 1991:66 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:37 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:302 [ref. 23827], Goren & Dor 1994:8 [ref. 25356], Santos et al. 1997:22 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:57 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:294 [ref. 23897], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:141 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:149 [ref. 27754], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:33 [ref. 26753], Collette et al. 2003:99 [ref. 26784], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27192], Smith 2003:749 [ref. 26989], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Nelson et al. 2004:64 [ref. 27807], Golani 2005:17 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:24 [ref. 29533], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:59 [ref. 35264], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:19 [ref. 36649], Bañón et al. 2011:262 [ref. 31676], Page et al. 2013:64 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:25 [ref. 33341], Smith 2016:1686 [ref. 34556], Nión et al. 2016:25 [ref. 35565], Artüz & Fricke 2019:553 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:65 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36864], Reiner 2019:76 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:31 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:10 [ref. 37519], Robertson et al. 2020:153 [ref. 38098], Golani 2021:16 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:19 [ref. 39014], Rotundo et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:122 [ref. 38945], Ergüden et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39164], Fermon et al. 2022:120 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:55 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:56 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Uruguay, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Angola, including Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.

cassini, Muraena Risso [A.] 1810:91 [Ichthyologie de Nice; ref. 3755] Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Risso specimens: ZMB 3975 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:130 [ref. 20810]. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:241 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:495 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

ciuciara, Echelus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:65, Pl. 15 (fig. 3) [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:42 [ref. 3595]. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:241 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:495 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454], Parenti 2019:102 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

dentex, Leptocephalus Collett [R.] 1896:153 [Poissons provenant des campagnes du Yacht "L'Hirondelle" (1885-1888) Fasc. 10; ref. 890] North Atlantic. No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Leptocephalus dentex Cantor 1849. •Questionably a synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Smith 1989:496 [ref. 13285]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

diaphanus, Helmichthys Costa [O. G.] 1844:Helmichthys p. 2, Pl. 31 [Fauna del regno di Napoli Part 1; ref. 976] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Published 12 Mar 1844. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:241 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:495 [ref. 13285], Smith 1989:726 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

eckmani, Leptocephalus Strömman [P. H.] 1896:16, Pl. 1 (figs. 1-3) [Leptocephalids in the University Zoological Museum at Upsala; ref. 4294] Central North Atlantic, between Europe the U.S.A. Lectotype: ZMUU 450i. Paralectotypes: (many) ZMUU 692a-o (450). Type catalog: Wallin 1996:61 [ref. 32133]. Lectotype selected by Bertin 1936:2 [ref. 20693]. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Smith 1989:495, 726 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

gilberti, Congrellus Ogilby [J. D.] 1898:288 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 23 (pt 3); ref. 3276] (Pacific) Panama, 8°06'30"N, 78°51'00"W, Albatross station 2797, depth 33 fathoms. Lectotype: USNM 44293. Paralectotypes: USNM 30930 (1), 125091 (2). Type catalog: Smith 1994:7 [ref. 21917]. Based on Ophisoma balearicum of Gilbert 1891:349 [ref. 1625]. Lectotype selected by Rosenblatt 1958:52 [ref. 21918]. •Valid as Ariosoma gilberti (Ogilby 1898) -- (Raju 1985:3 [ref. 5287], Smith 1989:495 [ref. 13285], Allen & Robertson 1994:57 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:38 [ref. 23101], Smith in Fischer et al. 1995:1032 [ref. 22829], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:178 [ref. 24023], Nelson et al. 2004:64 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:21 [ref. 37547], Smith in McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:64 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:143 [ref. 34871], Fourriére et al. 2016:442 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:606 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:38 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Ariosoma gilberti (Ogilby 1898). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Costa Rica south to Peru, including Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). IUCN (2010): Least concern. Habitat: marine.

impressus, Conger Poey [F.] 1860:318 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. No types known. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Smith 1989:495 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454], Cervigón 1991:67 [ref. 24472]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

inornatus, Leptocephalus Facciolà [L.] 1883:5, Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali. Memorié v. 6 (pt 1); ref. 17476] Straits of Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:241 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:495 [ref. 13285], Smith 1989:726 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

marginatus, Leptocephalus Kaup [J. J.] (ex Quoy & Gaimard) 1857:152, Pl. 19 (fig. 19) [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] Atlantic and Puducherry, India. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2630 (1) Pondicherry, 0000-3412 (1) Atlantic, B-3164 (1) Atlantic. Type catalog: Bertin 1935:102-104 [ref. 21550], Bauchot et al. 1993:121 [ref. 20810]. •Atlantic specimens are Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:241 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:495, 726 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

microphthalmus, Leptocephalus Beebe [W.] & Tee-Van [J.] 1928:58, Fig. [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 15836] Port-au-Prince Bay, Haiti, West Indies, surface nightlight. Holotype (unique): USNM 170906 [ex NYZS 7080]. Type catalog: Mead 1958:133 [ref. 20648], Smith 1994:9 [ref. 21917]. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Smith 1989:496 [ref. 13285], Smith 1989:726 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454]). •Status uncertain -- (Smith 1994:9 [ref. 21917], probably not Ariosoma). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

minor, Ariosoma Howell Rivero [L.] 1934:339, Fig. 1 [Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural v. 8 (no. 6); ref. 3767] Havana, Cuba. Holotype (unique): MCZ 33452. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Smith 1989:496 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

opistophthalmus, Conger Ranzani [C.] 1839:78 [14], Pl. 12 (figs. 1a-c) [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 4 [1840]; ref. 18606] Brazilian Seas [original] or Mediterranean. Holotype (unique): MZUB 989. Appeared first without description as Conger opistophtalmus as Ranzani in Alessandrini 1838:433 [ref. 25852]. Dates to publication in a separate, on p. 14 and Pl. 5 in 1839; journal version in 1840. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:241 [ref. 7185] with locality as Mediterranean). •Valid as Conger opistophthalmus Ranzani 1839 -- (Smith 1989:495 [ref. 13285]). •Valid as Ariosoma opisthophthalmum (Ranzani 1839) -- (Andreata & Séret 1996:582 [ref. 16204] as opisthophtalma and dated 1838, Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27192] as opistophthalmus and dated 1840, Figueroa & Ehrlich 2006:228 [ref. 29812] dated 1840, Pinheiro et al. 2015:7 [ref. 34324], Carvalho-Filho 2023:55 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Ariosoma opistophthalmum (Ranzani 1839). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Bahia (Brazil) south to Uruguay; eastern Atlantic (?). Habitat: marine.

rex, Leptocephalus Eigenmann [C. H.] & Kennedy [C. H.] 1902:86, Figs. 3, 3a-b [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 21 (1901); ref. 11071] New Providence Island, Bahamas, western Atlantic. Holotype (unique): USNM 49764. Non-types: USNM 49765 (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:9 [ref. 21917]. Specimen from San Salvador not definitely referred to species ("may represent a later phase of the species called amphioxus") so remaining specimen is holotype. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Smith 1989:496 [ref. 13285], Smith 1989:726 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

scheelei, Leptocephalus Strömman [P. H.] 1896:21, Pl. 1 (figs. 6-7) [Leptocephalids in the University Zoological Museum at Upsala; ref. 4294] Malay Archipelago and western Atlantic. Syntypes: (5) ZMUU 693a-d (4?). Type catalog: Wallin 1996:61 [ref. 32133]. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:241 [ref. 7185] in part, Smith 1989:726 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454]). •Valid as Ariosoma scheelei (Strömman 1896) -- (Dor 1984:33 [ref. 29757], Castle 1975:20 [ref. 25984], Castle 1986:162 [ref. 5644], Paxton et al. 1989:140 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:495 [ref. 13285], Goren & Dor 1994:8 [ref. 25356], Myers 1999:58 [ref. 23965], Smith 1999:1686 [ref. 24661], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:24 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Gates 2006:289 [ref. 28997], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:59 [ref. 35264], Fricke et al. 2011:353 [ref. 31342], Allen & Erdmann 2012:113 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:23 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:49 [ref. 35805], Smith et al. 2018:103 [ref. 36040], Smith & Heemstra 2022:88 [ref. 39685]). Current status: Valid as Ariosoma scheelei (Strömman 1896). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Aldabra (Seychelles) and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands, Philippines and Samoa, south to Western Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

somaliense, Ariosoma Kotthaus [A.] 1968:27, Figs. 121-122 [Meteor Forschungsergebnisse. Reihe D, Biologie No. 3; ref. 2669] Off Mogadisho, Somalia, Indian Ocean, 3°25'N, 47°14.8'E to 3°23.8'N, 47°14'E, depth 38-37 meters. Holotype: ZMH 4953 [ex IOES 52a]. Paratypes: ZMH [ex IOES 52b-m] (11). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:414 [ref. 21161] but only holotype. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Smith 1989:496 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:158 [ref. 13454]). •Valid as Ariosoma somaliense Kotthaus 1968 -- (Castle 1975:21 [ref. 25984], Smith & Heemstra 2022:89 [ref. 39685]). Current status: Valid as Ariosoma somaliense Kotthaus 1968. Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia. Habitat: marine.

spinocadux, Leptocephalus Lea [E.] 1913:22, Fig. 16; Pl. 3 (no. 4) [Scientific Results of the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 v. 3 (pt 1, no. 7); ref. 14158] North Atlantic, 40°17'N, 50°39'W, station 67, depth 400 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMUB 5090. Type catalog: Frøiland 1979:147 [ref. 21547]. •Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Smith 1989:726 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809). Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.

taenia, Leptocephalus Kaup [J. J.] 1857:151, Pl. 19 (fig. 18) [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] India; Maldives; Waigeo [Waigiou], Indonesia; vicinity of Marianes Islands. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3417 (1), 3419 (3) Waigiou, 0000-3420 (1) Maldives; not MNHN 0000-3413 (5). Type catalog: Bertin 1935:104-106 [ref. 21550], Bauchot et al. 1993:122 [ref. 20810]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Leptocephalus taenia Lesson 1831. Also secondarily preoccupied by Heteroconger taenia Lesson 1830. •Atlantic specimens are Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) -- (Blache et al. 1973:241 [ref. 7185], Smith 1989:495, 726 [ref. 13285], Smith 1990:157 [ref. 13454]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Ariosoma. Congridae: Bathymyrinae. Habitat: marine.