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]
  • Taenioconger canabus Cowan & Rosenblatt, 1974

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 m (66 ft), and inhabits sand sediments near reefs, where it forms burrows in nonmigratory colonies. Males can reach a maximum total length of 80 cm (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 intrareef region in a range restricted to 1,000 km2.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Food items reported for Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
  6. ↑ Heteroconger canabus at the IUCN redlist.
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