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Ariosoma megalops

Wikipedia Abstract

Ariosoma megalops is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1938. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of 717 metres. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 14.9 centimetres.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0