Description: Body long, snake-like, dark brown to gray. Virtually without dorsal, anal and tail fins. Pectoral fins small. Jutting lower jaw. Size up to 50 cm.
Habitat: Found in colonies in sand near coral reefs, down to 60 meters. Head and upper body extend from the burrow. Continuously move in wave-like motions to catch plankton.
Distribution: Common to occasional Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Superclass Pisces Class Osteichthyes Family Congridae Genus Heteroconger Species Heteroconger halis
Humann, P., 1989. Reef Fish Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas, (ed. N. Deloach). New World Publications, Inc., Paramount Miller Graphics, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida.
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