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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Ariosoma gilberti

Gilbert's conger

WoRMS 271722ITIS 635894GBIF 2403215key worms:271722
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2026-08-05: itis_id 635894 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Richard Harris · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Monognathus
Gilbert's conger27 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Congrellus gilberti RAD105701-001
Photo · Division of Fishes · CC0 1.0 · gbif

The Gilbert's garden eel, also known as the Gilbert's conger and the sharpnose conger, is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by James Douglas Ogilby in 1898, originally under the genus Congrellus.W CalCOFI holds 71 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1959 and 2006, as larva.R

71
observations
71
records
71
sampling events
1959–2006
years
1
datasets
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 71 obs · 71 events · 1959–2006 · larva
    name used: Ariosoma gilberti Gilbert's conger · code 359

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:271722%22