Galapagos garden eel

Heteroconger klausewitzi

Eel Reaching Seventy Centimeters

Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The Galapagos garden eel (Heteroconger klausewitzi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt and Friedmann Köster in 1983, originally under the genus Taenioconger. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Colombia, Costa Rica, the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, and Panama.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Heteroconger
Maximum length: 70 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Southeast Pacific: Galapagos Islands.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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