Spotted Garden-Eel
Heteroconger hassi
- Group: Eel
- Typical depth: 1–50 m
- Max size: 45 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
This eel lives standing up, anchored tail first in a sandy burrow and swaying out to pick plankton from the current. Colonies of several hundred dot the slope, and every animal slides back into its hole when a diver drifts too close.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Anguilliformes › Congridae › Heteroconger
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 217552.
FAQ
- How deep does the Spotted Garden-Eel live?
- The Spotted Garden-Eel (Heteroconger hassi) is typically found at 1–50 m.
- Is the Spotted Garden-Eel dangerous to divers?
- The Spotted Garden-Eel is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Spotted Garden-Eel get?
- The Spotted Garden-Eel grows to about 45 cm.