Ariosoma scheelei Tropical conger

Ariosoma scheelei is commonly referred to as Tropical conger. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9556 

AphiaID:

217541 

Scientific:

Ariosoma scheelei 

German:

Tropischer Meeraal 

English:

Tropical Conger 

Category:

Congridés 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Congridae (Family) > Ariosoma (Genus) > scheelei (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Strömman, ), 1896 

Occurrence:

American Samoa, Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Komodo (Komodo Island), Marschall Islands, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, South-Africa 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

9 - 55 Meter 

Habitats:

Bays, Lagoons, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

26,0 °F - 28,8 °F (26,0°C - 28,8°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Ariosoma anago
• Ariosoma anagoides
• Ariosoma anale
• 
  Ariosoma balearicum
  Goldener Balearen-Meeraal
• Ariosoma bauchotae
• Ariosoma coquettei
• 
  Ariosoma fasciatum
  Meeraal, Konger
• Ariosoma gilberti
• Ariosoma howensis
• Ariosoma major
• Ariosoma marginatum
• Ariosoma mauritianum
• Ariosoma meeki
• Ariosoma megalops
• Ariosoma mellissii
• Ariosoma multivertebratum
• Ariosoma nigrimanum
• Ariosoma obud
• Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus
• Ariosoma opistophthalmum
• Ariosoma prorigerum
• 
  Ariosoma sanzoi
  Sandaal
• Ariosoma sazonovi
• 
  Ariosoma scheelei
  Tropischer Meeraal
• Ariosoma selenops
• Ariosoma sereti
• Ariosoma shiroanago
• Ariosoma sokotranum
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-03-24 14:00:50 

Last edit:

2024-12-16 08:55:51 

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