Ariosoma bauchotae explained

Ariosoma bauchotae is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[1] It was described by Christine Karrer in 1983.^[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from waters northwest of Madagascar, in the western Indian Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 308–314 metres.^[1]

Etymology

Named in honor of Marie-Louise Bauchot (b. 1928), ichthyologist and assistant manager, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris).^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Ariosoma-bauchotae.html Ariosoma bauchotae
2. Karrer, C., 1983 [ref. 5679]Anguilliformes du Canal de Mozambique (Pisces, Teleostei). Faune Tropicale v. 23 (for 1982): 1-116.
3. Web site: Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families MURAENESOCIDAE, NETTASTOMATIDAE, CONGRIDAE, MORINGUIDAE, CYEMATIDAE, NEOCYEMATIDAE, MONOGNATHIDAE, SACCOPHARYNGIDAE, EURYPHARYNGIDAE, NEMICHTHYIDAE, SERRIVOMERIDAE and ANGUILLID . 1 March 2021 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018 . 10 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211210043933/http://etyfish.org/anguilliformes3/ . dead .