Species: Ariosoma anale, Longtrunk Conger

Ariosoma anale (Poey, 1860)
Longtrunk Conger
Body stout; tail 48-51% of TL; no pores over, between or behind eyes or on nape; snout round, projecting a little, its length ~equal to large eye; front nostril tubular, forward pointing near tip of snout; rear nostril a small oval hole in front of and a little below middle of eye; both lips with well developed flanges; jaw teeth small, pointed, in bands; teeth at top front of mouth in a patch about as long as broad, indistinctly separated from narrow top jaw tooth band; patch of teeth on roof of mouth doesn’t reach back to level of middle of top jaw band; length of gill opening < distance between gill openings under throat; upper edge of gill opening at middle of pectoral fin base; dorsal fin begins over pectoral fin base; pectoral well developed, long; dorsal and anal fins continuous with the tail fin; tip of tail blunt, stiff, with reduced tail fin; lateral line pores before anus 55-59.
Grey; dorsal, anal and pectoral fins black; stomach and intestine pale.
Reaches 36.3 cm.
Sandy bottoms.
Depth range: 11-200 m.
E and W Atlantic; the Gulf of Mexico to the Guianas.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef and soft bottom
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Transatlantic (East+West Atlantic)
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
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- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 36.3
- Depth Range Min
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- 11
- Depth Range Max
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- 200