Yellow garden eel

Yellow garden eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Heteroconger
Species: H. luteolus
Binomial name
Heteroconger luteolus
Smith, 1989

The yellow garden eel[1] (Heteroconger luteolus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by David G. Smith in 1989.[3] It is a nonmigratory marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Mexico, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 33 m (108 ft).[2]

References

  1. Common names for Heteroconger luteolus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Heteroconger luteolus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Smith, D. G., 1989 [ref. 13285] [Various eel families] In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (part 9).
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