Shy garden eel

Heteroconger fugax

Creamy skin with two hundred dots

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

Heteroconger fugax, also known as the shy garden eel, is a species of garden eel belonging to the family Congridae. It is native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is very slender and has a ground-creamy body color with many small white spots numbering around 200.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Heteroconger
Maximum length: 72.9 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan, Philippines and NE Borneo.

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