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Heteroconger tomberua
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Heteroconger
Species:	H. tomberua
Binomial name
Heteroconger tomberua Castle & Randall, 1999

Heteroconger tomberua is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and John Ernest Randall in 1995. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean, including Fiji and possibly (based on leptocephali) New Caledonia, the Philippines, the Nicobar Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka. It is known to dwell at a depth of 36 m (118 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 42.8 cm (16.9 in; 1.40 ft).

References

1. Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Heteroconger tomberua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199062A2554910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199062A2554910.en. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
2. ^ Heteroconger tomberua at www.fishbase.org.
3. Castle, P. H. J. and J. E. Randall, 1999 (Sept.) Revision of Indo-Pacific garden eels (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes No. 30: 1-52, Pls. I-III.

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