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The garden eels are the subfamily Heterocongrinae in the conger eel family Congridae. The majority of garden eels live in the Indo-Pacific, but species are also found in warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean (including the Caribbean) and East Pacific. 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 resemble the plants in a garden. They vary greatly in colour depending on the exact species involved. The largest species reaches about in length, but most species do not surpass .〔〔 ==Species== Based on FishBase, about 35 species of garden eels are in two genera:〔〔 * ''Gorgasia'' * * ''Gorgasia barnesi'' B. H. Robison & Lancraft, 1984 * * ''Gorgasia cotroneii'' (D'Ancona, 1928) * * Galzin's garden eel, ''Gorgasia galzini'' Castle & Randall, 1999 * * Hawaiian garden eel, ''Gorgasia hawaiiensis'' Randall & Chess, 1980 * * ''Gorgasia inferomaculata'' (Blache, 1977) * * Pacific spaghetti eel, ''Gorgasia japonica'' T. Abe, Miki & Asai, 1977 * * Klausewitz' garden eel, ''Gorgasia klausewitzi'' Quéro & Saldanha, 1995 * * Whitespotted garden eel, ''Gorgasia maculata'' Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959 * * Freckled garden eel, ''Gorgasia naeocepaea'' (J. E. Böhlke, 1951) * * Splendid garden eel, ''Gorgasia preclara'' J. E. Böhlke & Randall, 1981 * * Dotted garden eel, ''Gorgasia punctata'' Meek & Hildebrand, 1923 * * ''Gorgasia sillneri'' Klausewitz, 1962 * * Sharp-nose garden eel, ''Gorgasia taiwanensis'' K. T. Shao, 1990 * * ''Gorgasia thamani'' D. W. Greenfield & Niesz, 2004 * ''Heteroconger'' * * ''Heteroconger balteatus'' Castle & Randall, 1999 * * ''Heteroconger camelopardalis'' (Lubbock, 1980) * * White-ring garden eel, ''Heteroconger canabus'' (G. I. McT. Cowan & Rosenblatt, 1974) * * ''Heteroconger chapmani'' (Herre, 1923) * * Cobra garden eel, ''Heteroconger cobra'' J. E. Böhlke & Randall, 1981 * * ''Heteroconger congroides'' (D'Ancona, 1928) * * Pale green eel, ''Heteroconger digueti'' (Pellegrin, 1923) * * ''Heteroconger enigmaticus'' Castle & Randall, 1999 * * Spotted garden eel, ''Heteroconger hassi'' (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) * * Galapagos garden eel, ''Heteroconger klausewitzi'' (Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Köster, 1983) * * Masked garden eel, ''Heteroconger lentiginosus'' J. E. Böhlke & Randall, 1981 * * Brown garden eel, ''Heteroconger longissimus'' Günther, 1870 * * Yellow garden eel, ''Heteroconger luteolus'' D. G. Smith, 1989 * * ''Heteroconger mercyae'' G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2009 * * ''Heteroconger obscurus'' (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) * * Mimic garden eel, ''Heteroconger pellegrini'' Castle, 1999 * * ''Heteroconger perissodon'' J. E. Böhlke & Randall, 1981 * * ''Heteroconger polyzona'' Bleeker, 1868 * * ''Heteroconger taylori'' Castle & Randall, 1995 * * ''Heteroconger tomberua'' Castle & Randall, 1999 * * ''Heteroconger tricia'' Castle & Randall, 1999 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heterocongrinae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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