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Brown garden eel (Heteroconger longissimus) Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Jul 17, 2017 Brown garden eel,Geotagged,Heteroconger longissimus,Mexico,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Brown garden eel (Heteroconger longissimus)

Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Jul 17, 2017

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  1. Awesome find! So these are 3 individuals? Posted 7 years ago
    1. Yup! There were probably 20 in total in the little colony. Posted 7 years ago

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The brown garden eel , also known simply as the garden eel, is an eel in the family Congridae . It was described by Albert Günther in 1870. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean, including Madeira, the Canary Islands, Senegal, the Bahamas, the Florida Keys, Antilles, Yucatan, Belize, Honduras, and Brazil. It dwells at a depth of 10-60 m, most commonly between 20 and 60 m, and leads a nonmigratory, benthic lifestyle, inhabiting reefs in colonies... more

Similar species: Eels
Species identified by Thibaud Aronson
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By Thibaud Aronson

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Uploaded Dec 16, 2017. Captured Jul 17, 2017 09:43 in Av. Rafael E. Melgar 770, Zona Hotelera Nte., San Miguel de Cozumel, Q.R., Mexico.
  • DMC-TZ70
  • f/6.3
  • 10/13000s
  • ISO800
  • 17.5mm