Congridae

Giraffe Garden Eel

Heteroconger camelopardalis

Fifty Point One Centimeters Eel from the Brazilian Coast

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• South America
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Heteroconger camelopardalis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Hugh Roger Lubbock in 1980. It is a non-migratory marine, tropical eel which is known from the southwestern and southeastern Atlantic Ocean, including northeastern Brazil and Ascension Island.