Pale green eel

The pale green eel (Heteroconger digueti), also known as the pale garden eel or the Cortez garden eel,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Jacques Pellegrin in 1923, originally under the genus Taenioconger.[4] It is a nonmigratory marine, deepwater-dwelling eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf of California and Mexico. It dwells at a depth of 230 to 275 m (755 to 902 ft) and inhabits sandy sediments near reefs in large colonies. Males can reach a maximum total length of 63 cm (25 in; 2.07 ft).[3]

Pale green eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Congridae
Genus:
Heteroconger
Species:
H. digueti
Binomial name
Heteroconger digueti
(Pellegrin, 1923)
Synonyms[1]
  • Taenioconger digueti Pellegrin, 1923

The pale green eel's diet consists of zooplankton.[5] Despite its restricted range, the IUCN redlist currently lists the species as Least Concern due to its common local occurrence, and the lack of known major threats.[6]

References
  1. Synonyms of Heteroconger digueti at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Heteroconger digueti at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Heteroconger digueti Archived 2013-07-01 at Archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Pellegrin, J., 1923 [ref. 15423] Sur un poisson apode nouveau du golfe de Californie et sa biologie. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences v. 177: 789-790.
  5. Food items reported for Heteroconger digueti at www.fishbase.org.
  6. Heteroconger digueti at the IUCN redlist.


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