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Black garden eel

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Black garden eel
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Heteroconger
Species:
H. perissodon
Binomial name
Heteroconger perissodon

The black garden eel (Heteroconger perissodon) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[1][2] It was described by James Erwin Böhlke and John Ernest Randall in 1981.[3] It is a tropical, nonmigratory marine eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, including Ambon (Indonesia), Negros (Philippines), and the Andaman Islands (India). It dwells at a depth range of 1–35 m.[1][2] It leads a benthic lifestyle, and inhabits sand or mud, living solitary or in colonies. Males can reach a maximum total length of 53.7 cm (21.1 in).[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Heteroconger perissodon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199091A2557993. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199091A2557993.en. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Heteroconger perissodon". FishBase. February 2024 version.
  3. ^ Böhlke, James E.; Randall, John E. (1981). "Four new garden eels (Congridae, Heterocongrinae) from the Pacific and Indian oceans". Bulletin of Marine Science. 31 (2): 366–382.
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