Open AccessTHE GARDEN EEL HETEROCONGER LONGISSIMUS GÜNTHER (PISCES: ANGUILLIFORMES, CONGRIDAE) IN THE VENZUELA COASTS
Author(s) -
Óscar M. Lasso-Alcalá,
Eduardo Klein S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
boletin de investigaciones marinas y costeras/boletín de investigaciones marinas y costeras
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2590-4671
pISSN - 0122-9761
DOI - 10.25268/bimc.invemar.2004.33.0.277
Subject(s) - fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , biology , habitat , zoology , geography , ecology
The brown garden eel Heteroconger longissimus had been reported for Venezuela only by observations of sport divers. In this work we confirm the species for Venezuela based on the examination of four leptocephalous specimens deposited in the fish collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) and five adult specimens collected recently by the authors and deposited in the Museo de Historia Natural La Salle (MHNLS), Caracas. In addition, we comment on the taxonomic status, distinctive characters, and habitat of the species.