Galapagos garden eel
| Galapagos garden eel | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Heteroconger |
| Species: | H. klausewitzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteroconger klausewitzi (Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Köster, 1983) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Galapagos garden eel[2] (Heteroconger klausewitzi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt and Friedmann Köster in 1983, originally under the genus Taenioconger.[4] 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.[5] It dwells at a depth range of 10 to 30 metres (33 to 98 ft), and lives in large, non-migratory colonies in clean sandy substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 70 centimetres (28 in).[3]
The diet of the Galapagos garden eel consists of zooplankton.[6] Due to its widespread distribution in the eastern Pacific, lack of major threats, and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the species as Least Concern.[5]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I. and F. Köster 1983 [ref. 21935] Taenioconger klausewitzi, a new garden-eel from the Galapagos. Noticias de Galápagos No. 38: 26-27.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Food items reported for Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.