Heteroconger

Translingual

Heteroconger hassi, the black spotted garden eel

Etymology

hetero- +‎ Conger

Proper noun

Heteroconger m

A taxonomic genus within the family Congridae – garden eels, small, slender plankton-eating eels that live half-extended from their burrows.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Elopomorpha - superorder; Anguilliformes - order; Congroidei - suborder; Congridae - family; Heterocongrinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

For species see Heteroconger on WikispeciesWikispecies or Heteroconger on WikipediaWikipedia ; Heteroconger polyzona - type species

References

Heteroconger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Heteroconger on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Heteroconger on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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