Location: Blue Heron Bridge, Florida
Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and
Caribbean Reefs
Yellow Garden Eel
Heteroconger luteolus
Yellow Garden Eel
Category: Garden Eels
Scientific Name: Heteroconger luteolus
Size: Up to 15 in. (38 cm)
Depth: 60-140 ft. (18-43 m)
Distribution: Florida, Bahamas, Gulf of America
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Anguilliformes (Order)
└Congridae (Family)
└Heterocongrinae (Subfamily)
└Heteroconger (Genus)
└H. luteolus (Species)
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