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Bony fish

Bandtooth Conger

Ariosoma balearicum

Also known as: Baleares Conger, Balearic Conger

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
Adult
@Mike · Little Cayman Beach Resort, Cayman Islands · November 20171 / 1
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Overview

Found during the day, burrowed into soft mud or sand, close to reefs or shorelines, out at night foraging for food.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans and small fish.

Garden Eels rise up in the sand halfway their body length waving in the sand feeding on plankton.
When approached they slide back into their holes.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Mediterranean
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Found during the day, burrowed into soft mud or sand, close to reefs or shorelines, out at night foraging for food.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAnguilliformes
    5. familyCongridae
    6. genusAriosoma
    7. speciesAriosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809)

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    More in the family

    Conger-Garden Eels (Congridae)