Note:

Si nutre a testa in giù e si nasconde sotto la sabbia infilandosi per la coda.

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
Superclass: Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
Class: Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
Subclass: Actinopterygii - Ray-Finned Fishes
Infraclass: Actinopteri
Cohort: Elopomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
Order: Anguilliformes - Eels
Family: Congridae - Conger Eels
Subfamily: Bathymyrinae
Genus: Ariosoma Karmovskaya, 1991
Specific name: balearicum (Delaroche, 1809)
Scientific name: Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche, 1809)