Black garden eel

Heteroconger perissodon

Fifty Three Point Seven Centimeters Eel from Indo West Pacific

Black
Brown
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The black garden eel (Heteroconger perissodon) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by James Erwin Böhlke and John Ernest Randall in 1981. It is a tropical, nonmigratory marine eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, including Ambon (Indonesia), Negros (Philippines), and the Andaman Islands (India).

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Congridae
Genus: Heteroconger
Maximum length: 53.7 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Ambon, Indonesia and Negros, Philippines. Also from Andaman Islands (Ref. 90102 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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