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Bony fish

Brown Garden Eel

Heteroconger longissimus

Also known as: Atlantic Garden Eel

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
Adult
@Goonie · Fuereventura, Spain · November 20111 / 1
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Overview

Found in large colonies, over sandy bottoms, half buried in the sand, waving their heads around, pointing into the current feeding, quickly disappearing when alarmed.

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.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean, Eastern Atlantic
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Found in large colonies, over sandy bottoms, half buried in the sand, waving their heads around, pointing into the current feeding, quickly disappearing when alarmed.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAnguilliformes
    5. familyCongridae
    6. genusHeteroconger
    7. speciesHeteroconger longissimus Günther, 1870

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    More in the family

    Conger-Garden Eels (Congridae)