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Taylor's garden-eel (Heteroconger taylori) is a heteroconger (genus of marine congrid eels) belonging to the family Congridae. It is a small fish that can reach a maximum length of 48 cm. The species is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the western central Indo-Pacific from the Philippines to Papua-New-Guinea and Indonesia. It lives solitary or in small colonies on sandy bottoms in burrows, at depths between 5 and 15 meters.

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Spotted Garden Eel (Heteroconger hassi)

The spotted garden eel is widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific from the eastern coasts of Africa including the Red Sea to Polynesia, and south from Japan to New Caledonia.

It lives exclusively in variously sized colonies on sandy bottoms that are exposed to currents, at depths from 15 to 45 meters.  It digs a burrow from which it emerges with about a third of its body, pointing its mouth towards the underwater current to catch drifting food.