Coastal Fishes of Sao Tome and Principe islands, Gulf of Guinea (Eastern Atlantic Ocean) - an update. Author Peter Wirtz Author Carlos Eduardo L. Ferreira Author Sergio R. Floeter Author Ronald Fricke Author Joao Luiz Gasparini Author Tomio Iwamoto Author Luiz Rocha Author Claudio L. S. Sampaio Author Ulrich K. Schliewen text Zootaxa 2007 1523 1 48 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2202520B-A3E7-492D-A932-14463CD6DAF9 journal article z01523p001 2202520B-A3E7-492D-A932-14463CD6DAF9 Heteroconger longissimus Guenther , 1870 Despite small differences in color (a white band on the nape, see Figure 3), this common garden eel probably belongs to the species H. longissimus , known from the tropical western Atlantic and from Madeira to the Cape Verde Islands in the eastern Atlantic. Specimens are needed to confirm its identity. Colonies were seen on soft bottoms, no shallower than 10 m depth and down to at least 30 m depth, at Lagoa Azul, Diogo Vaz and Santana Islet.