Heteroconger longissimus Günther 1870

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3803 (1), pp. 1-120 : 26

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scientific name	Heteroconger longissimus Günther 1870
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Treatment

Heteroconger longissimus Günther 1870 View in CoL ) — Brown Garden Eel

Listed as Nystactichthys halis and "common" by Clavijo et al. (1980:6).

Justification: UF 164878 (6, 318–367 mm TL) and UF 164884 (3, 282–322 mm TL), BIRNM, 2; observed during Frederiksted reef system censuses ( Toller, 2007:49) and by us off Frederiksted Pier in Jan. 2012; online photographs available ( Pittman et al., 2008); REEF (71/101).

Distribution: Smith (1989d) and Tyler and Luckhurst (1994) WA (BD, FL, BA, GA, VI, LA, WC), EA.