Ariosoma balearicum Bandtooth conger

Ariosoma balearicum is commonly referred to as Bandtooth conger. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4450 

AphiaID:

126283 

Scientific:

Ariosoma balearicum 

German:

Goldener Balearen-Meeraal 

English:

Bandtooth Conger 

Category:

Угорь - послушный 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Delaroche, ), 1809 

Occurrence:

Gambia, Tunesien, West Sahara, Benin, Suriname, Ghana, Straße von Gibraltar, Algeria, Angola, Azores, Bermuda, Brazil, Cameroon, Congo, Cuba, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, French Guiana, Greece, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Israel, Madeira, Mexico (East Pacific), Morocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Africa, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Red Sea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

1 - 732 Meter 

Habitats:

Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

9.84" - 13.78" (25cm - 35cm) 

Temperature:

19,3 °F - 28,2 °F (19,3°C - 28,2°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Predatory 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

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:

2012-07-14 21:13:20 

Last edit:

2024-11-30 16:46:35 

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