Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific 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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Anguilliformes (Order)
     └Congridae (Family)
      └Heterocongrinae (Subfamily)
       └Heteroconger (Genus)
        └H. polyzona (Species)
WoRMS ID: 271785🔗
iNaturalist ID: 612005🔗

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