Bandtooth conger facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bandtooth conger
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Muraena balearica Delaroche, 1809 Conger balearicus (Delaroche, 1809) Congermuraena balearica (Delaroche, 1809) Congrellus balearicus (Delaroche, 1809) Ophisoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809) Congromuraena balearica (Delaroche, 1809) (misspelling) Echelus ciuciara Rafinesque, 1810 Muraena cassini Risso, 1810 Conger cassini (Risso, 1810) Ophisoma acuta Swainson, 1839 Conger auratus Costa, 1844 Helmichthys diaphanus Costa, 1844 Leptocephalus marginatus Kaup, 1856 Leptocephalus taenia Kaup, 1856 Conger impressus Poey, 1860 Ariosoma impressa (Poey, 1860) Ophiosoma impressus (Poey, 1860) Ophisoma impressus (Poey, 1860) Congromuraena impressa (Poey, 1860) (misspelling) Leptocephalus inornatus Facciolà, 1883 Leptocephalus affinis Facciolà, 1883 Leptocephalus eckmani Strömman, 1896 Leptocephalus ekmani Strömman, 1896 (misspelling) Leptocephalus rex Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902 Leptocephalus microphthalmus Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928 Ariosoma minor Howell Rivero, 1934 Ariosoma somaliense Kotthaus, 1968

The bandtooth conger (Ariosoma balearicum), also known as the Baleares conger or the Balearic conger, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by François Étienne Delaroche in 1809, originally under the genus Muraena. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic and the western Indian Ocean, including North Carolina, United States; the northern Gulf of Mexico, northern South America, Canada, Portugal, Angola, the Mediterranean, and the Red Sea. It inhabits reefs and littoral shelves, and burrows into sand and mud. It dwells at a depth range of 1–732 meters (3–2,402 ft), but most frequently between 20–100 m (66–328 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length (TL) of 35 centimetres (1 ft 2 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 25 centimetres (9.8 in)

The bandtooth conger is of minor interest to fisheries.