WoRMS taxon details
Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872)
299422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:299422)
accepted
Species
Ariosoma fasciatus (Günther, 1872) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ariosoma nancyae Shen, 1998 · unaccepted
Poeciloconger fasciatus Günther, 1872 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Poeciloconger fasciatus Günther, 1872) Günther, A. (1872). Report on several collections of fishes recently obtained for the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871.</em> (pt 3) (art. 1) : 652-675, Pls. 53-70. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ariosoma fasciatum (Günther, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=299422 on 2026-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Poeciloconger fasciatus Günther, 1872) Günther, A. (1872). Report on several collections of fishes recently obtained for the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871.</em> (pt 3) (art. 1) : 652-675, Pls. 53-70. [details]
original description (of Ariosoma nancyae Shen, 1998) Shen, S.-C. (1998). A review of congrid eels of the genus Ariosoma from Taiwan, with description of a new species. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 37 (1): 7-12. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Ariosoma nancyae Shen, 1998) Shen, S.-C. (1998). A review of congrid eels of the genus Ariosoma from Taiwan, with description of a new species. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 37 (1): 7-12. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Poeciloconger fasciatus Günther, 1872)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ariosoma fasciatum)
To FishBase (from synonym Ariosoma fasciatus (Günther, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Poeciloconger fasciatus Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Ariosoma nancyae Shen, 1998)
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Poeciloconger fasciatus Günther, 1872)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Ariosoma fasciatus (Günther, 1872))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ariosoma fasciatum FIN027976 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ariosoma fasciatum FIN028001B Slide 120 mm)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Poeciloconger fasciatus Günther, 1872)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ariosoma fasciatum)
To FishBase (from synonym Ariosoma fasciatus (Günther, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Poeciloconger fasciatus Günther, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Ariosoma nancyae Shen, 1998)
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Poeciloconger fasciatus Günther, 1872)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Ariosoma fasciatus (Günther, 1872))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ariosoma fasciatum FIN027976 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ariosoma fasciatum FIN028001B Slide 120 mm)