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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Bathymyrinae
Etymology: Ariosoma: Greek, ari = very, strength, superiority + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335); multivertebratum: Named for its diagnostic character, maximum number of vertebrae among its congeners.

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Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 300 - 460 m (Ref. 54804). Deep-water, preferred ?

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Eastern Central Pacific: Marquesas islands.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 54.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 54804)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 258; Anal soft rays: 180 - 183; Vertebrae: 183 - 189. Diagnosis: The head and belly of this species is dark; margins of dorsal and anal fins black; pectoral and caudal fins light; dark spot on operculum. Dorsal fin originates slightly in front of the base of pectoral fin, above the 7th-10th pore of lateral line. Vertebrae 183-189; trunk vertebrae 128-132. Pores of lateral line to anus 57-62. Supraorbital canal 4, suborbital canal 7, preoperculomandibular canal 10, occipital commissure 0 (Ref. 54804).

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Karmovskaya, E.S., 2004. Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the Western Tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. J. Ichthyol. 44(1):S1-S32. (Ref. 54804)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Ariosoma multivertebratum Karmovskaya, 2004