The bandtooth conger (Ariosoma balearicum), also known as the Baleares conger or the Balearic conger,Common names for Ariosoma balaericum at www.fishbase.org. is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).Ariosoma balearicum at www.fishbase.org. It was described by François Étienne Delaroche in 1809, originally under the genus Muraena.Delaroche, F. E., 1809 [ref. 17380] Suite du mémoire sur les espèces de poissons observées à Iviça. Observations sur quelques-uns des poissons indiqués dans le précédent tableau et descriptions des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 13: 313-361, Pls. 20-25. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic and the western Indian Ocean, including North Carolina, United States; the northern Gulf of Mexico, northern South America, Canada, Portugal, Angola, the Mediterranean, and the Red Sea. It inhabits reefs and littoral shelves, and burrows into sand and mud. It dwells at a depth range of , but most frequently between . Males can reach a maximum total length (TL) of , but more commonly reach a TL of
The bandtooth conger is of minor interest to fisheries.
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