Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 459 - 508; Anal soft rays: 297 - 341; Vertebrae: 154 - 163. Diagnostic features: Body color medium to dark brown, moderately elongate; 47-55 pre-anal pores; 51-56 preanal, 154-163 total vertebrae; pterygoid teeth present in most specimens.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Congridae

Genus: Heteroconger

Species: Heteroconger enigmaticus Castle & Randall, 1999

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in dark, silty sand with seagrass Holiphila (Ref. 33408).

Habitat

demersal