Heteroconger chapmani

Heteroconger chapmani is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Albert William Herre in 1923.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from a single specimen collected from the Philippines, in the western central Pacific Ocean. The holotype specimen measured 69 cm (27 in). The species is now considered unidentifiable due to the lack of detail in the author's description, and because the only known specimen was destroyed during World War II.[2]

Heteroconger chapmani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Congridae
Genus:
Heteroconger
Species:
H. chapmani
Binomial name
Heteroconger chapmani
(Herre, 1923)
Synonyms[1]
  • Taenioconger chapmani Herre, 1923

References
  1. Synonyms of Heteroconger chapmani at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Heteroconger chapmani at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Herre, A. W. C. T., 1923 (8 Aug.) [ref. 2117] A review of the eels of the Philippine Archipelago. Philippine Journal of Science v. 23 (no. 2): 123-236, Pls. 1-11.


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