NEW DISTRIBUTION OF SPOTTED GARDEN EEL Heteroconger guttatus ALLEN, ERDMANN & MONGDONG, 2020 (ANGUILLIFORMES, CONGRIDAE, HETEROCONGRINAE) FROM SAPARUA ISLAND, THE MOLUCCAS, INDONESIA
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distribution, identification, meristics, morphometric, voucher specimensAbstract
Two specimens of garden eel (384.3–398.0 mm total length) were collected from Saparua Island,
the Moluccas, Indonesia, and identified as Heteroconger guttatus Allen, Erdmann & Mongdong, 2020.
These specimens represent the westernmost record of this species, which was previously only known
from its type locality in Venu Island, West Papua Province, Indonesia.
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