About this species
Ariosoma meeki is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1900, originally under the genus Congrellus. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from Japan and the Peng-hu Islands, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males are known to reach a maximum total length of 53 centimetres.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 90 m · Deepest record: 90 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–27 °C
Names and classification
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- Goten-anago, ゴテンアナゴ
- Korean
- 눈테붕장어
- Simplified Chinese
- 沙鰻, 海鰻, 白鰻, 穴子鰻, 米克氏糯鰻, 米克氏美體鰻, 米克氏錐體糯鰻, 糯米鰻, 臭腥鰻, 銀箸
Other scientific names: Ariosome meeki, Congrellus meeki
Similar species
Bandtooth congerAriosoma balearicum
- Darkfin Conger
Ariosoma anago
- Big-eye Conger
Ariosoma anagoides
- Lord Howe Conger
Ariosoma howense
- Mottled Conger
Ariosoma kapala
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 109 open-data records from 1971 to 2014.
- Species data updated October 31, 2026.
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