Ariosoma kapala (common name mottled conger)[2] is an
eel in the family
Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was first described in 1990 by
Peter H. J. Castle as Poeciloconger kapala.[5] The
holotype was collected by the New South Wales Fisheries Research Vessel Kapala on April 11, 1985, during a bottom trawl at a depth of 46–64 m.[5] The species was named for the
FRV Kapala.[5] In 1998,
Shieh-Chieh Shen moved the species to the genus Ariosoma.[3][6]