Tricia's garden eel[2] (Heteroconger tricia) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and John Ernest Randall in 1999.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Flores, Indonesia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 49.6 cm (19.5 in).[3]
| Tricia's garden eel | |
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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. tricia
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteroconger tricia Castle & J. E. Randall, 1999
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References
edit- ^ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Heteroconger tricia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T198987A2547209. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T198987A2547209.en. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Common names for Heteroconger tricia at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Heteroconger tricia at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Castle, P. H. J. and J. E. Randall, 1999 (Sept.) [ref. 24042] Revision of Indo-Pacific garden eels (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 30: 1-52, Pls. I-III.
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