Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ariosoma gilberti
anguila congrio panámica, congrio culebra, aguila congrio panamica, Snake conger, Panamic conger eel
Dark to light to brown, may show some iridescence. Fins transparent to translucent. Size: 15-23 cm
Habitat: Sand flats, often in protected bays and coves. Often bury during day and forage in open during night.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Anguilliformes
Suborder
Anguilloidei
Family
Congridae
Genus
Ariosoma
Species
gilberti
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Congrellus gilberti Ogilby, 1898, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Eastern Pacific only ; from Baja California to Peru and Southern Baja Ecuador in Galápagos Islands, and Cocos.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
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- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Humann, P. Deloach, N. (2003) Reef Fish Identification - Galapagos. New World Publication, Inc. Florida USA & Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador, 226 pp.
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ariosoma gilberti", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7630. Accessed 31 October 2026.