Garden eel (Heteroconger cobra)

Scientific name: Heteroconger cobra B?hlke & Randall, 1981

Garden eel (Heteroconger cobra)

The Garden eel (Heteroconger cobra) is a marine fish of the family Congridae. Native range: Western Central Pacific, Honiara, Solomon Islands and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Biology

Occurs in colony, on sloping sand bottom.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Heteroconger cobra
Family
Congridae (Conger and garden eels)
Order
Anguilliformes (Eels and Morays)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Environment
Marine; demersal; non-migratory
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: Honiara, Solomon Islands and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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