Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesian Reefs

Spotted Garden Eel
Heteroconger hassi
Spotted Garden Eel
Category: Garden Eels
Scientific Name: Heteroconger hassi
Size: Up to 2 ft. (60 cm)  
Depth: 15-150 ft. (5-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Anguilliformes (Order) Eels
     └Congridae (Family) Conger Eels
      └Heterocongrinae (Subfamily) Garden Eels
       └Heteroconger (Genus)
        └H. hassi (Species)
WoRMS ID: 217552🔗
iNaturalist ID: 153191🔗

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