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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Heteroconger
Maximum length: 50.1 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Southwest Atlantic: northeastern Brazil, including Fernando de Noronha. Southeast Atlantic: Ascension Island.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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