Heteroconger congroides

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=McCosker, J. |author2=Tighe, K. |author3=Smith, D.G. |year=2019 |title=Leptocephalus congroides |volume=2019 |page=e.T199412A2592742 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199412A2592742.en |access-date=12 September 2024}}

| genus = Heteroconger

| species = congroides

| authority = (D'Ancona, 1928)

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = * Leptocephalus congroides D'Ancona, 1928

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Heteroconger congroides is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).{{FishBase|Heteroconger|congroides|id=165244 |month=September |year=2024}} It was described by Umberto D'Ancona in 1928, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.{{cite book|author=D'Ancona, U.|year=1928|title=Murenoidi (Apodes) del Mar Rosso e del Golfo di Aden. Materiali raccolti dal Prof. Luigi Sanzo nella Campagna della R. N. "Ammiraglio Magnaghi" 1923-24|publisher=Memoria, Comitato Talassografico Italiano|volume=146|lang=it}} It is a marine, deepwater-dwelling eel which is known from the Kamaran Islands in Yemen, in the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean. It is known only from larvae, which are known from a depth of {{cvt|522|m|ft|-1}}.