Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels. Species Currently recognized species in this genus: Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Silvery conger) Ariosoma anagoides (Bleeker, 1853) (Sea conger) Ariosoma anale (Poey, 1860) (Longtrunk conger) (syn. Ariosoma analis) Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809) (Band-tooth conger) (syn. Ariosoma impressa, Ariosoma minor, Ariosoma somaliense) Ariosoma bauchotae Karrer, 1982 Ariosoma coquettei D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 2015 Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872) (Barred conger) (syn. Ariosoma nancyae) Ariosoma gilberti (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Gilbert's garden eel) Ariosoma howensis (McCulloch & Waite, 1916) (Lord Howe conger) Ariosoma kapala (Castle, 1990) Ariosoma major (Asano, 1958) Ariosoma marginatum (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) (Large-eye conger) (syn. Ariosoma bowersi) Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914) (Blunt-tooth conger) Ariosoma meeki (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900) Ariosoma megalops Fowler, 1938 Ariosoma mellissii (Günther, 1870) (Silver eel) Ariosoma multivertebratum Karmovskaya, 2004 Ariosoma nigrimanum Norman, 1939 Ariosoma obud Herre, 1923 Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus Karmovskaya, 1991 Ariosoma opistophthalmum (Ranzani, 1839) Ariosoma prorigerum (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Slope conger) Ariosoma sanzoi (D'Ancona, 1928) Ariosoma sazonovi Karmovskaya, 2004 Ariosoma scheelei (Strömman, 1896) (Tropical conger) Ariosoma selenops Reid, 1934 Ariosoma sereti Karmovskaya, 2004 Ariosoma shiroanago (Asano, 1958) Ariosoma sokotranum Karmovskaya, 1991 Former Species Species formerly categorized as Ariosoma, that are now listed under a different genus Ariosoma bleekeri (Fowler, 1934) - now known as Bathycongrus bleekeri Ariosoma guttulata (Günther, 1887) - now known as Bathycongrus guttulatus (lined conger) Ariosoma mystax (Delaroche, 1809) - now known as Gnathophis mystax (thinlip conger) References Congridae Taxa named by William John Swainson Fish described in 1838