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Marine Species: Ariosoma balearicum
(Delaroche, 1809)
Taxonomy Structure
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Ariosoma |
| Species: | Ariosoma balearicum |
Species Data:
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| Common Name: | Balearic conger, bantooth conger |
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| Description: | Not very compressed body. Anus placed slightly before the body's middle. Big eyes; a little interorbital space. Anterior nostril opening in a small tube on the muzzle's extremity. Posterior nostril constituted by a rounded or oval pore placed in half of the distance between the anterior nostril and the ocular globe. |
| Habitat: | Species with nocturnal habits, digging galeries on slimy-sandy depths between 20 m and 100 m in depth. |
| Color: | Yellowish colour. |
| Dimensions: | It reaches 50 cm in length. |
| Geographical Distribution: | Atlantic Ocean |
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