Heteroconger congroides

Heteroconger congroides

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Anguilliform

Heteroconger congroides is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Umberto D'Ancona in 1928, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. It is a marine, deepwater-dwelling eel which is known from the Kamaran Islands in Yemen, in the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Heteroconger
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea: Yemen: off Kamaran Islands.

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