Heteroconger tomberua

Heteroconger tomberua

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Heteroconger tomberua is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and John Ernest Randall in 1995. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean, including Fiji and possibly (based on leptocephali) New Caledonia, the Philippines, the Nicobar Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Heteroconger
Maximum length: 42.8 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Central Pacific: Fiji. Leptocephali collected from New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Nicobar Islands, and Sri Lanka may be those of Heteroconger tomberua .
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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