Heteroconger fugax
| Heteroconger fugax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Heteroconger |
| Species: | H. fugax
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteroconger fugax Koeda, Fujii & Motomura, 2018
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Heteroconger fugax, also known as the shy garden eel, is a species of garden eel belonging to the family Congridae. It is native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is very slender and has a ground-creamy body color with many small white spots numbering around 200.
Distribution
[edit]This species is widely distributed across the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It can be found in the Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan, the Philippine islands, and Borneo in Southeast Asia.[1] It can be found in found in benthic marine environments from 10-32 meters in depth. The type locality of this species is Amami-oshima island.[2]
Description
[edit]It is most similar to the species Heteroconger tomberua in that it has remarkably slender body with numerous small spots and a vertebral count close to 200. However it can be distinguished from H. tomberua with the presence of a large distinct white blotch on the opercle and more numerous, dense spots over the entire head. Its body is a ground color with a uniform cream and microscopic melanophores.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Koeda, Keita; Fujii, Takuma; Motomura, Hiroyuki (2018-05-08). "A new garden eel, Heteroconger fugax (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), from the northwestern Pacific Ocean". Zootaxa. 4418 (3): 287–295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4418.3.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313587.
- ^ "Heteroconger fugax summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
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