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Brown Garden Eel

Heteroconger longissimus

Photo by The MnMs
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Half hidden in the sand, they can reach 50 cm long. Very shy, they retreat to their burrow as you approach them.

Habitat:

Tori's Reef, in a 30 m deep sandy bottom between one shallow coral drop-off and a deeper one. Bonaire.

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PublishedJanuary 26, 2018

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