Heteroconger
Encyclopedia
Heteroconger is a genus
of marine congrid eels. These small, slender garden eel
s live in groups where each individual has its own burrow. Usually only the head and frontal half of the body is visible, but if disturbed they retreat entirely into their burrow. The greatest species richness
is in the Indo-Pacific
, but there are also species in the warmer parts of the Atlantic (including the Caribbean
) and the eastern Pacific.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of marine congrid eels. These small, slender garden eel
Garden eel
Heteroconger cobra, sometimes known as the cobra garden eel, is a species of garden eel of the family Congridae, found in the western Central Pacific from Honiara, the Solomon Islands to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea....
s live in groups where each individual has its own burrow. Usually only the head and frontal half of the body is visible, but if disturbed they retreat entirely into their burrow. The greatest species richness
Species richness
Species richness is the number of different species in a given area. It is represented in equation form as S.Species richness is the fundamental unit in which to assess the homogeneity of an environment. Typically, species richness is used in conservation studies to determine the sensitivity of...
is in the Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia...
, but there are also species in the warmer parts of the Atlantic (including the Caribbean
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
) and the eastern Pacific.
Species
- Heteroconger balteatus Castle & Randall, 1999
- Heteroconger camelopardalis (Lubbock, 1980)
- Heteroconger canabus (G. I. McT. Cowan & Rosenblatt, 1974) (White-ring garden eel)
- Heteroconger chapmani (HerreAlbert William HerreAlbert William Christian Theodore Herre was an American ichthyologist and lichenologist.Herre was born in 1868 in Toledo, Ohio....
, 1923) - Heteroconger cobra J. E. Böhlke & Randall, 1981 (Cobra garden eel)
- Heteroconger congroides (D'Ancona, 1928)
- Heteroconger digueti (PellegrinJacques PellegrinJacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...
, 1923) (Pale green eel) - Heteroconger enigmaticus Castle & Randall, 1999
- Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-EibesfeldtIrenäus Eibl-EibesfeldtIrenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt is founder of the field of human ethology. In authoring the book which bears that title, he applied ethology to humans by studying them in a perspective more common to volumes studying animal behavior....
, 1959) (Spotted garden eel) - Heteroconger klausewitzi (Eibl-EibesfeldtIrenäus Eibl-EibesfeldtIrenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt is founder of the field of human ethology. In authoring the book which bears that title, he applied ethology to humans by studying them in a perspective more common to volumes studying animal behavior....
& Köster, 1983) (Galapagos garden eel) - Heteroconger lentiginosus J. E. Böhlke & Randall, 1981 (Masked garden eel)
- Heteroconger longissimus Günther, 1870 (Brown garden eel)
- Heteroconger luteolus D. G. Smith, 1989 (Yellow garden eel)
- Heteroconger mercyae G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2009
- Heteroconger obscurus (Klausewitz & Eibl-EibesfeldtIrenäus Eibl-EibesfeldtIrenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt is founder of the field of human ethology. In authoring the book which bears that title, he applied ethology to humans by studying them in a perspective more common to volumes studying animal behavior....
, 1959) - Heteroconger pellegrini Castle, 1999 (Speckled garden eel)
- Heteroconger perissodon J. E. Böhlke & Randall, 1981
- Heteroconger polyzona BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1868 - Heteroconger taylori Castle & Randall, 1995
- Heteroconger tomberua Castle & Randall, 1999
- Heteroconger tricia Castle & Randall, 1999