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Heteroconger
Heteroconger
Translingual
Proper noun
Heteroconger m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Congridae – garden eels, small, slender plankton-eating eels that live half-extended from their burrows..
Hypernyms
- (genus): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Elopomorpha - superorder; Anguilliformes - order; Congroidei - suborder; Congridae - family; Heterocongrinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- For species see Heteroconger on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Heteroconger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ; Heteroconger polyzona - type species