Galapagos garden eel
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Heteroconger |
| Species: | H. klausewitzi
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| Heteroconger klausewitzi (Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Köster, 1983)
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The Galapagos garden eel[3] (Heteroconger klausewitzi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt and Friedmann Köster in 1983, originally under the genus Taenioconger.[5] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Colombia, Costa Rica, the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, and Panama.[1] It dwells at a depth of 10 to 30 m (30 to 100 ft), and lives in large, nonmigratory colonies in clean, sandy substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 70 cm (2 ft 4 in).[4]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of German ichthyologist Wolfgang Klausewitz, who visited the Galápagos Islands where this eel occurs, with the senior author in the 1950s.[6]
More on the eel
[edit]The diet of the Galapagos garden eel consists of zooplankton.[7] Due to its widespread distribution in the eastern Pacific, lack of major threats, and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the species as Least Concern.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c McCosker, J.E.; Béarez, P.; Lea, R.N. (2017) [errata version of 2010 assessment]. "Heteroconger klausewitzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155178A115281326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155178A4736742.en. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Synonyms of Heteroconger klausewitzi". fishbase.org.
- ^ "Common names for Heteroconger klausewitzi". fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Heteroconger klausewitzi". FishBase.
- ^ Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I. and F. Köster (1983). "Taenioconger klausewitzi, a new garden-eel from the Galapagos". Noticias de Galápagos. 38: 26–27.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (30 August 2024). "Family CONGRIDAE Kaup 1856 (Conger Eels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Food items reported for Heteroconger klausewitzi". fishbase.org.
External links
[edit]- Photos of Galapagos garden eel on Sealife Collection
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