Heteroconger fugax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Congridae
Subfamilia: Heterocongrinae
Genus: Heteroconger
Species: Heteroconger fugax

Name

• Heteroconger fugax Koeda, Fujii & Motomura, 2018: 288

Holotype: KAUM–I.95673, 729.0 mm TL, collected by T. Fujii and K. Koeda on 11 November 2016.

Type locality: “off Shirahama, Setouchi, Amami-oshima island, Amami Islands, Kagoshima, Japan (28°12ʹN, 129°16ʹE), 32.5 m depth”.

References

Primary references

• Koeda, K., Fujii, T. & Motomura, H. 2018. A new garden eel, Heteroconger fugax (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), from the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4418(3): 287–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.3.6 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Shy Garden Eel