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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.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino demersale. Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: India.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.8 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 138159)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Vertebre: 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.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
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)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 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). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.8 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179) |
Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100). 🛈 |