Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Banded Garden Eel
Heteroconger polyzona
Banded Garden Eel
Category: Garden Eels
Scientific Name: Heteroconger polyzona
Size: Up to 16 in. (40 cm)  
Depth: 3-30 ft. (1-10 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
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. polyzona (Species)
WoRMS ID: 271785🔗
iNaturalist ID: 612005🔗

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