Speckled garden eel (Heteroconger pellegrini)

Scientific name: Heteroconger pellegrini Castle, 1999

Speckled garden eel (Heteroconger pellegrini)

The Speckled garden eel (Heteroconger pellegrini) is a marine fish of the family Congridae. Native range: Eastern Pacific. Needs a better reference.

Species facts

Scientific name
Heteroconger pellegrini
Family
Congridae (Conger and garden eels)
Order
Anguilliformes (Eels and Morays)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Environment
Marine; demersal; non-migratory
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Pacific. Needs a better reference.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
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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