The Gilbert's garden eel (Ariosoma gilberti), also known as the Gilbert's conger and the sharpnose conger,[3][1] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by James Douglas Ogilby in 1898, originally under the genus Congrellus.[5] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf of California, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia.[4][1] It is a benthic and nocturnal species, and inhabits sand flats in reefs, bays and coves at a depth range of 1–100 metres. It burrows into sand during the day and emerges to forage during the night. Males can reach a maximum total length of 27 centimetres.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Ariosoma |
| Species: | A. gilberti
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| Ariosoma gilberti (Ogilby, 1898)
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The Gilbert's garden eel is preyed upon by the Pacific bearded brotula (Brotula clarkae, a Cusk-eel).[6] Due to its widespread distribution, lack of known threats, and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Gilbert's garden eel as Least Concern.[1]
Named in honor of ichthyologist and fisheries biologist Charles Henry Gilbert (1859-1928), who reported this species as A. balearicum in 1891 but noted variations in his specimens[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d McCosker, J.; Béarez, P.; Bernal, O.; Betancur, R.; Lea, B. (2010). "Ariosoma gilberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183485A8121562. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183485A8121562.en. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Synonyms of Ariosoma gilberti at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Ariosoma gilberti at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b c Ariosoma gilberti at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Ogilby, J. D., 1898 (Dec. 9) [ref. 3276] New genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 23 (pt 3): 280-299 (continued from p. 41).
- ^ Predators of Ariosoma gilberti at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families MURAENESOCIDAE, NETTASTOMATIDAE, CONGRIDAE, MORINGUIDAE, CYEMATIDAE, NEOCYEMATIDAE, MONOGNATHIDAE, SACCOPHARYNGIDAE, EURYPHARYNGIDAE, NEMICHTHYIDAE, SERRIVOMERIDAE and ANGUILLID". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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