Congridae

Garden eel

Heteroconger cobra

Colonies stand on sloping sand

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Heteroconger cobra, sometimes known as the cobra garden eel, is a species of garden eel of the family Congridae, found in the western Central Pacific from Honiara, the Solomon Islands to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. They occur in colonies, on sloping sand bottoms. They are known to be very frightened of humans.