The white-ring garden eel (Heteroconger canabus), also known as the Cape garden eel in Mexico,[3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Garry I. McTaggart-Cowan and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1974, originally under the genus Taenioconger.[5] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of California, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 20 m (66 ft), and inhabits sand sediments near reefs, where it forms burrows in nonmigratory colonies. Males can reach a maximum total length of 80 cm (31 in; 2.6 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. canabus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteroconger canabus (Cowan & Rosenblatt, 1974)
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The white-ring garden eel's diet consists of zooplankton.[6] It is currently listed as Data Deficient at the IUCN redlist due to dispute over its taxonomy, although it notes that if valid, the species may be under threat as a result of inhabiting an intrareef region in a range restricted to 1,000 km2.[7]
References
edit- ^ McCosker, J.; Béarez, P.; Lea, B. (2010). "Heteroconger canabus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183264A8083122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183264A8083122.en. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Synonyms of Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Cowan, G. I. M. and R. H. Rosenblatt, 1974 (28 Mar.) [ref. 12] Taenioconger canabus, a new heterocongrin eel (Pisces: Congridae) from Baja California, with a comparison of a closely related species. Copeia 1974 (no. 1): 55-60.
- ^ Food items reported for Heteroconger canabus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Heteroconger canabus at the IUCN redlist.
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