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Spotted garden eel

Heteroconger hassi

The spotted garden eel lives in colonies on sandy seabeds, which can consist of several hundred to several thousand individuals.

LC

Red List
Least Concern

The spotted garden eel digs a hole in the sandy seabed and then ‘sits’ in it. It allows the current to carry its food more or less straight into its mouth.

Taxonomy

Congridae, genus Heteroconger (23 species)

Habitat

sandy substrate near fast-flowing coral reefs at depths of 7 to 45 metres

Behaviour and ecology

in large groups of up to several thousand animals, stationary

Diet

drifting plankton

Taxonomy

Congridae, genus Heteroconger (23 species)

Habitat

sandy substrate near fast-flowing coral reefs at depths of 7 to 45 metres

Behaviour and ecology

in large groups of up to several thousand animals, stationary

Diet

drifting plankton

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