Taylor's Garden Eel
Scientific Name: Heteroconger taylori
Species: Eels (Congridae)
Other names: Garden Eels and Leopard Garden Eel
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Taylor's Garden EelUploaded by: @fishx6 in June 2006
Photographed at: Lembeth Resort - Indonesia
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Taylor's Garden EelUploaded by: @fishx6 in June 2006
Photographed at: Lembeth Resort - Indonesia
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Description
Also known as Garden Eels and Leopard Garden Eel.
Found singly or in small groups on silty bottoms or gentle slopes.
They feed on plankton.
Length - 40cm
Depth - 5-40m
Western Indo-pacific
Garden Eels rise up in the sand halfway their body length waving in the sand feeding on plankton.
When approached they slide back into their holes.
Spotted
The Taylor's Garden Eel is found in or near the Western Indo-pacific region(s) and has been photographed 2 times by user @fishx6
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