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Heteroconger camelopardalis

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Heteroconger camelopardalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Heteroconger
Species:
H. camelopardalis
Binomial name
Heteroconger camelopardalis
(Lubbock, 1980)
Synonyms[2]
  • Taenioconger camelopardalis Lubbock, 1980

Heteroconger camelopardalis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Hugh Roger Lubbock in 1980.[4] It is a non-migratory marine, tropical eel which is known from the southwestern and southeastern Atlantic Ocean, including northeastern Brazil and Ascension Island. Its population is abundant in Brazil.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Smith, D.G. (2015). "Heteroconger camelopardalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199370A2588188. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199370A2588188.en. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ^ Synonyms of Heteroconger camelopardalis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Heteroconger camelopardalis at www.fishbase.org. Archived 2013-07-01 at archive.today
  4. ^ Lubbock, R., 1980 (Sept.) [ref. 8694] The shore fishes of Ascension Island. Journal of Fish Biology v. 17 (no. 3): 283-303.
  5. ^ Abundance Information for Heteroconger camelopardalis at www.fishbase.org.