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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Bathymyrinae
Etymology: Ariosoma: Greek, ari = very, strength, superiority + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335); tamilicum: Name 'tamilicum' in reference to the one of the oldest languages of the world, Tamil.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin démersal. Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: India.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.8 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 138159)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Vertèbres: 120 - 129. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: anus located fairly before mid of total length, preanal length 43.8-47.1% of TL; origin of dorsal-fin slightly in front of pectoral-fin base; dorsal surface of head with single whitish band across anterior eye margin; ventral portion of lower jaw with tiny dark pigmentation patches, forming a dark line along the isthmus; long vomerine teeth patch, reaching half-length of maxillary; intermaxillary teeth continuous with maxillary, concealed when mouth closed; PDV 7-8; PAV 45-49; PCV 59-60; TV120-129; and the presence of myorhabdoi (Ref. 138159).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: oval.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Kodeeswaran, P., S. Acharya, A. Mohapatra and T.T.A. Kumar, 2025. Ariosoma tamilicum (Anguilliformes: Congridae): a new eel species from the
Indian waters. Zootaxa 5604(1):069-076. (Ref. 138159)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00107 (0.00046 - 0.00251), b=3.07 (2.86 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.8 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100). 🛈 |