Black garden eel

The black garden eel (Heteroconger perissodon) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[1][2] It was described by James Erwin Böhlke and John Ernest Randall in 1981.^[3] It is a tropical, nonmigratory marine eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean, including Ambon (Indonesia), Negros (Philippines), and the Andaman Islands (India). It dwells at a depth range of 1–35 m.^[1][2] It leads a benthic lifestyle, and inhabits sand or mud, living solitary or in colonies. Males can reach a maximum total length of 53.7 cm (21.1 in).^[2]

Black garden eel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Heteroconger
Species:	H. perissodon
Binomial name
Heteroconger perissodon Böhlke & Randall, 1981