Zebra garden eel

Zebra garden eel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Heteroconger
Species:	H. polyzona
Binomial name
Heteroconger polyzona Bleeker, 1868

The zebra garden eel (Heteroconger polyzona), also known as the banded garden eel, ^[2] is a species of eel in the conger/garden eels family Congridae. ^[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1868. ^[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, New Guinea, Indonesia and Vanuatu. It inhabits shallow waters at a depth range of 1 to 10 m (3.3 to 32.8 ft), and forms burrows in colonies of moderate size on sand sediments in bays, slopes and reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 34.7 cm (13.7 in; 1.14 ft). ^[3]

References

1. Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Heteroconger polyzona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T199336A2584285. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199336A2584285.en . Retrieved 29 December 2021.
2. Common names for Heteroconger polyzona at www.fishbase.org.
3. Heteroconger polyzona Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
4. Bleeker, P., 1868 [ref. 425] Description de trois espèces inédites des poissons des îles d'Amboine et de Waigiou. Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 2: 331-335, 1 pl.