Heteroconger klausewitzi Galapagos garden-eel

Heteroconger klausewitzi is commonly referred to as Galapagos garden-eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Heteroconger klausewitzi
German:: Galapagos Röhrenaal
English:: Galapagos Garden-eel

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Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Congridae (Family) > Heteroconger (Genus) > klausewitzi (Species)
Initial determination:: (Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Köster, ), 1983

Occurrence:: Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Panama
Sea depth:: 10 - 30 Meter
Size:: up to 27.56" (70 cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 64.4 °F (10°C - 18°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Plankton
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

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:: 2013-06-03 09:55:34
Last edit:: 2020-02-24 14:27:13

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Heteroconger klausewitzi (Eibl-Eibesfeldt and Köster, 1983)

Heteroconger klausewitzi, also known as the Galapagos garden-eel, is found in the waters of Costa Rica to Colombia, and Cocos, Malpelo and the Galapagos Islands, It inhabits clean sand. Found in large colonies. Feeds on plankton.

Light to dark brown; several white blotches on head and on body below lateral line; anterior pores of lateral line surrounded by white-pigmented areas; gill opening in a black patch.

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Species: Heteroconger klausewitzi

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External links

FishBase (multi). 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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