''Ariosoma bauchotae'' is an

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in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).''Ariosoma bauchotae''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Christine Karrer in 1983.Karrer, C., 1983 ef. 5679''Anguilliformes du Canal de Mozambique (Pisces, Teleostei).'' Faune Tropicale v. 23 (for 1982): 1-116. It is a

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, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from waters northwest of

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, in the western

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. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 308–314 metres.

Etymology

Named in honor of

Marie-Louise Bauchot Marie-Louise Bauchot (born 1928) is a French ichthyologist and assistant manager of the National Museum of Natural History, France. Taxon described by her *See :Taxa named by Marie-Louise Bauchot Selected publications Status of Abudefduf sexfas ...

(b. 1928),

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...

and assistant manager, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris).

References

bauchotae Taxa named by Christine Karrer Fish described in 1983 {{Anguilliformes-stub