Heteroconger guttatus Spotted Garden Eel

Heteroconger guttatus is commonly referred to as Spotted Garden Eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Robert Allen, Australien

Foto: Venu Island, West Papua Province, Indonesien

ca. 40cm Länge, Paratyp mit dunkelbraun gefleckten Markierungen
Courtesy of the author Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Robert Allen, Australien

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AphiaID:: 1421691

Scientific:: Heteroconger guttatus
German:: Röhrenaal
English:: Spotted Garden Eel

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Congridae (Family) > Heteroconger (Genus) > guttatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Allen, Erdmann & Mongdong, 2020

Occurrence:: West Papua
Sea depth:: 10 - 25 Meter
Size:: 7.09" - 17.32" (18,8cm - 44,2cm)
Temperature:: 80.6 °F - 84.2 °F (27°C - 29°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Schrimps, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Heteroconger balteatus
Heteroconger camelopardalis
Röhrenaal
Heteroconger canabus
Heteroconger chapmani
Heteroconger cobra
Heteroconger congroides
Heteroconger digueti
Tiefsee Röhrenaal
Heteroconger enigmaticus
Röhenaal
Heteroconger hassi
Ohrfleck-Röhrenaal
Heteroconger klausewitzi
Galapagos Röhrenaal
Heteroconger lentiginosus
Heteroconger longissimus
Brauner Röhrenaal
Heteroconger luteolus
Röhrenaal
Heteroconger mercyae
Mercy's Röhrenaal
Heteroconger obscurus
Heteroconger pellegrini
Heteroconger perissodon
Schwarzer Röhrenaal
Heteroconger polyzona
Gestreifter Röhrenaal
Heteroconger taylori
Taylors Röhrenaal
Heteroconger tomberua
Heteroconger tricia

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-02-21 01:24:43
Last edit:: 2020-02-24 14:09:13

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Source:
Jourmal of te Ocean Science Foundation
Volume 35 / 2020
http://oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf35b.pdf
Heteroconger guttatus, a new species of garden eel (Pisces: Congridae: Heterocongrinae) from West Papua, Indonesia

External links

Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 09.07.2021.

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Foto: Venu Island, West Papua Province, Indonesien

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