White-ring garden eel
| White-ring garden eel | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Heteroconger |
| Species: | H. canabus |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteroconger canabus (Cowan & Rosenblatt, 1974) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The white-ring garden eel (Heteroconger canabus), also known as the Cape garden eel in Mexico,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Garry I. McTaggart-Cowan and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1974, originally under the genus Taenioconger.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 20 metres (66 ft), and inhabits sand sediments near reefs, where it forms burrows in non-migratory colonies. Males can reach a maximum total length of 80 centimetres (31 in).[3]
The White-ring garden eel's diet consists of zooplankton.[5] It is currently listed as Data Deficient at the IUCN redlist due to dispute over its taxonomy, although it notes that if valid the species may be under threat as a result of inhabiting an intra-reef region in a range restricted to 1,000 km2.[6]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Cowan, G. I. M. and R. H. Rosenblatt, 1974 (28 Mar.) [ref. 12] Taenioconger canabus, a new heterocongrin eel (Pisces: Congridae) from Baja California, with a comparison of a closely related species. Copeia 1974 (no. 1): 55-60.
- ↑ Food items reported for Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Heteroconger canabus at the IUCN redlist.