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.[6] It dwells at a depth of 10 to 30 m (33 to 98 ft), and lives in large, nonmigratory colonies in clean, sandy substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 70 cm (28 in; 2.3 ft).[4]
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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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| Binomial name | |
| Heteroconger klausewitzi (Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Köster, 1983)
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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.[7]
More on the eel edit
The diet of the Galapagos garden eel consists of zooplankton.[8] 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.[6]
References edit
- ^ McCosker, J.E.; Béarez, P.; Lea, R.N. (2010) [errata version of 2017 assessment]. "Heteroconger klausewitzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T155178A115281326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155178A4736742.en. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Synonyms of Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I. and F. Köster 1983 [ref. 21935] Taenioconger klausewitzi, a new garden-eel from the Galapagos. Noticias de Galápagos No. 38: 26-27.
- ^ a b Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ The Etyfish Project
- ^ Food items reported for Heteroconger klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
External links edit
- Photos of Galapagos garden eel on Sealife Collection
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