Silver eel

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]

Silver eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Ariosoma
Species:
A. mellissii
Binomial name
Ariosoma mellissii
(Günther, 1870)
Synonyms[2]
  • Congromuraena mellissii Günther, 1870
  • Ariosoma mellissi (Günther, 1870)
Not to be confused with the life stage silver eel of the European eel.

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
  1. 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.
  2. Synonyms of Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Common names for Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Ariosoma mellissii at www.fishbase.org.
  5. 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.
  6. 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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