Black garden eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Heteroconger |
Species: | H. perissodon
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Binomial name | |
Heteroconger perissodon |
The black garden eel (Heteroconger perissodon) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [1] [2] It was described by James Erwin Böhlke and John Ernest Randall in 1981. [3] It is a tropical, nonmigratory marine eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, including Ambon (Indonesia), Negros (Philippines), and the Andaman Islands (India). It dwells at a depth range of 1–35 m. [1] [2] It leads a benthic lifestyle, and inhabits sand or mud, living solitary or in colonies. Males can reach a maximum total length of 53.7 cm (21.1 in). [2]
Black garden eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Heteroconger |
Species: | H. perissodon
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Binomial name | |
Heteroconger perissodon |
The black garden eel (Heteroconger perissodon) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [1] [2] It was described by James Erwin Böhlke and John Ernest Randall in 1981. [3] It is a tropical, nonmigratory marine eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, including Ambon (Indonesia), Negros (Philippines), and the Andaman Islands (India). It dwells at a depth range of 1–35 m. [1] [2] It leads a benthic lifestyle, and inhabits sand or mud, living solitary or in colonies. Males can reach a maximum total length of 53.7 cm (21.1 in). [2]