Yellow garden eel

Yellow 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. luteolus
Binomial name
	Heteroconger luteolus; Smith, 1989

The yellow garden eel[2] (Heteroconger luteolus) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by David G. Smith in 1989.[4] It is a nonmigratory marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Mexico, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 33 m (108 ft).[3]

References

Smith, D.G. (2015). "Heteroconger luteolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199198A2568710. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199198A2568710.en. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
Common names for Heteroconger luteolus at www.fishbase.org.
Heteroconger luteolus at www.fishbase.org.
Smith, D. G., 1989 [ref. 13285] [Various eel families] In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (part 9).

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[1] Smith, D.G. (2015). "Heteroconger luteolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199198A2568710. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199198A2568710.en. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

[2] Common names for Heteroconger luteolus at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-3] Heteroconger luteolus at www.fishbase.org.

[Smith,_1989-4] Smith, D. G., 1989 [ref. 13285] [Various eel families] In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (part 9).