Heteroconger fugax

This species is widely distributed across the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It can be found in the Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan, the Philippine islands, and Borneo in Southeast Asia.^[1] It can be found in found in benthic marine environments from 10-32 meters in depth. The type locality of this species is Amami-oshima island.^[2]

It is most similar to the species Heteroconger tomberua in that it has remarkably slender body with numerous small spots and a vertebral count close to 200. However it can be distinguished from H. tomberua with the presence of a large distinct white blotch on the opercle and more numerous, dense spots over the entire head. Its body is a ground color with a uniform cream and microscopic melanophores.^[1]