Description

Vertebrae: 158 - 161. Diagnostic features: Body with discrete, round to oval, orange spots, smaller and many anteriorly, larger and in a single row above and below the lateral line farther back; a distinct, oblique, white patch free of spots about 1/3 of the way along the trunk; pre-anal pores and vertebrae, 52-56; head length 15-18% of snout to anus length;

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Congridae

Genus: Heteroconger

Species: Heteroconger balteatus Castle & Randall, 1999

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Burrows tail-first into the sand; feed on zooplankton, in regions of current (Ref. 33408).

Habitat

demersal