FB-70854 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70854 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Characidae Phenacogaster Phenacogaster tukano Romero-Figueroa & Carvalho, 2024 Thoothukudi stout conger 2025-01-21 2025-01-21 Kodeeswaran, P., A. Kathirvelpandian, A. Mohapatra and T.T.A. Kumar0 A new species of the congrid eel genus <i>Ariosoma</i> (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southeast coast of India, Bay of Bengal. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 104:e51:1-8. (Ref. 132579) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70864 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-22 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70864 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: anus at mid-point of total length, preanal length 48.7-49.1% of TL; dorsal-fin origin is just before pectoral-fin insertion; vomerine teeth patch short with four rows with pointed teeth in anterior portion, tapering posteriorly with two or three rows of blunt teeth followed by three uniserial teeth posteriorly; intermaxillary teeth with five transverse rows, barely visible when mouth is closed and separated from vomerine and maxillary by fine gap; SO canal with 6 pores; vertebrae with pre-dorsal 10-11, pre-anal 61-64 and total 162-163. Colouration: body bicoloured, pale brown dorsally and silvery white ventrally; the preopercular portion is dark; pectoral fin reddish with dark spot at base (Ref. 132579). Kodeeswaran, P., A. Kathirvelpandian, A. Mohapatra and T.T.A. Kumar 2024 A new species of the congrid eel genus <i>Ariosoma</i> (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southeast coast of India, Bay of Bengal. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 104:e51:1-8. (Ref. 132579) FB-Morphology-70864 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-22 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70864 Vertebrae: 162 - 163 Kodeeswaran, P., A. Kathirvelpandian, A. Mohapatra and T.T.A. Kumar 2024 A new species of the congrid eel genus <i>Ariosoma</i> (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southeast coast of India, Bay of Bengal. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 104:e51:1-8. (Ref. 132579) FB-Distribution-70864 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-22 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70864 East Indian Ocean: India. Kodeeswaran, P., A. Kathirvelpandian, A. Mohapatra and T.T.A. Kumar 2024 A new species of the congrid eel genus <i>Ariosoma</i> (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southeast coast of India, Bay of Bengal. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 104:e51:1-8. (Ref. 132579) FB-Uses-70864 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-22 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70864 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70864 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-22 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70864 4.4 cm TL (female) Kodeeswaran, P., A. Kathirvelpandian, A. Mohapatra and T.T.A. Kumar 2024 A new species of the congrid eel genus <i>Ariosoma</i> (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the southeast coast of India, Bay of Bengal. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 104:e51:1-8. (Ref. 132579) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70864 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-22 00:00:00 2025-01-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70864 bathydemersal; marine