Heterocongrinae
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| Garden eels | |
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| The spotted Heteroconger hassi and striped Gorgasia preclara | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Subfamily: | Heterocongrinae |
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The garden eels are the subfamily Heterocongrinae in the conger eel family Congridae. These small eels live in burrows on the sea floor and get their name from their practice of poking their heads from their burrows while most of their bodies remain hidden. Since they tend to live in groups, the many eel heads "growing" from the sea floor resembles the plants in a garden.
This subfamily contains two genera: Gorgasia and Heteroconger.
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