Ariosoma gilberti (Ogilby, 1898)

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Ariosoma gilberti (Ogilby, 1898) .

Gilbert’s Conger or Sharpnose Conger. To at least 27 cm (10.6 in) TL ( Allen and Robertson 1994). Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California); Bahía Asuncion (27°06’N, 114°11’W), southern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) to Peru ( Grove and Lavenberg 1997), including Gulf of California (Smith in Fischer et al. 1995), and Islas Galápagos ( Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Depth: surface to 100 m (3–328 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: Aburto-Oropeza et al. 2011). McCosker and Rosenblatt (2010) consider A. gilberti to be limited to Islas Galápagos and Panama and A. hemiaspidus (Wade, 1946) to be the Mexican species.