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Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914) 
AphiaID: 217540

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Congridae (Family) > Bathymyrinae (Subfamily) > Ariosoma (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ariosoma Swainson, 1838
Synonymised
taxa		  Leptocephalus mauritianum Pappenheim, 1914 (misspelling)
 Leptocephalus mauritianus Pappenheim, 1914
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English blunttooth conger  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Mozambique [details]
Reunion [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217540
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217540 on 2013-05-23
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