Heteroconger camelopardalis

Heteroconger camelopardalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Heteroconger
Species: H. camelopardalis
Binomial name
Heteroconger camelopardalis
(Lubbock, 1980)
Synonyms[1]
  • Taenioconger camelopardalis Lubbock, 1980

Heteroconger camelopardalis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Hugh Roger Lubbock in 1980.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. Synonyms of Heteroconger camelopardalis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Heteroconger camelopardalis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Lubbock, R., 1980 (Sept.) [ref. 8694] The shore fishes of Ascension Island. Journal of Fish Biology v. 17 (no. 3): 283-303.
  4. Abundance Information for Heteroconger camelopardalis at www.fishbase.org.
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