The silver eel (Ariosoma mellissii), also known as the Melliss's conger,[3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870.[5] It is a rare tropical, marine eel which is known solely from St. Helena, in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of 67 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 42.8 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. mellissii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ariosoma mellissii (Günther, 1870)
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Named in honor of John Charles Melliss (1835-1911), amateur naturalist and government surveyor on St. Helena (island in the South Atlantic), who presented the type specimen to the British Museum (Natural History).[6]
References
edit- ^ Tighe, K. (2015). "Ariosoma mellissii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199279A2577982. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T199279A2577982.en. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Synonyms of Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) [ref. 1995] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families MURAENESOCIDAE, NETTASTOMATIDAE, CONGRIDAE, MORINGUIDAE, CYEMATIDAE, NEOCYEMATIDAE, MONOGNATHIDAE, SACCOPHARYNGIDAE, EURYPHARYNGIDAE, NEMICHTHYIDAE, SERRIVOMERIDAE and ANGUILLIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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