Heteroconger taylori Taylor's garden eel

Heteroconger taylori is commonly referred to as Taylor's 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.

Jim Greenfield, Großbritannien

Foto: Anilao, Philippinen

Courtesy of the author Jim Greenfield, Großbritannien . Please visit www.oceaneyephoto.com for more information.

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AphiaID:: 271786

Scientific:: Heteroconger taylori
German:: Taylors Röhrenaal
English:: Taylor's Garden Eel

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Congridae (Family) > Heteroconger (Genus) > taylori (Species)
Initial determination:: Castle & Randall, 1995

Occurrence:: Ambon, Bali, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, West Papua
Sea depth:: 5 - 15 Meter
Size:: up to 18.9" (48 cm)
Temperature:: 80.6 °F - 84.2 °F (27°C - 29°C)
Food:: Invertebrates, Zoobenthos
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:

Data deficient (DD)

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:: 2019-12-28 21:41:07
Last edit:: 2019-12-28 22:26:17

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Very special thanks for the first photos of Heteroconger taylori to Jim Greenfield!
Please have a look to his great homepage British Marine Life / https://www.oceaneyephoto.com/

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Heteroconger mercyae, a new species of garden eel (Congridae: Heterocongrinae) from West Papua, Indonesia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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