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Heteroconger chapmani

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Heteroconger chapmani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Heteroconger
Species:
H. chapmani
Binomial name
Heteroconger chapmani
(Herre, 1923)
Synonyms[2]
  • Taenioconger chapmani Herre, 1923

Heteroconger chapmani is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Albert William Herre in 1923.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from a single specimen collected from the Philippines, in the western central Pacific Ocean. The holotype specimen measured 69 cm (27 in; 2.26 ft). The species is now considered unidentifiable due to the lack of detail in the author's description, and because the only known specimen was destroyed during World War II.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Heteroconger chapmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199130A2562159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199130A2562159.en. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ^ Synonyms of Heteroconger chapmani at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Heteroconger chapmani at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Herre, A. W. C. T., 1923 (8 Aug.) [ref. 2117] A review of the eels of the Philippine Archipelago. Philippine Journal of Science v. 23 (no. 2): 123-236, Pls. 1-11.