| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heteroconger balteatus Castle & Randall, 1999 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Heteroconger camelopardalis (Lubbock, 1980) |
Southwest Atlantic | 50.07 | |
| Heteroconger canabus (Cowan & Rosenblatt, 1974) |
White-ring garden eel | Eastern Central Pacific | 80 |
| Heteroconger chapmani (Herre, 1923) |
Western Central Pacific | 69 | |
| Heteroconger cobra Böhlke & Randall, 1981 |
Garden eel | Western Central Pacific | 40 |
| Heteroconger congroides (D'Ancona, 1928) |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Heteroconger digueti (Pellegrin, 1923) |
Cortez garden eel | Eastern Central Pacific | 63 |
| Heteroconger enigmaticus Castle & Randall, 1999 |
Enigma garden eel | Western Pacific | 43.7 |
| Heteroconger fugax Koeda, Fujii & Motomura, 2018 |
Shy garden eel | Western Pacific | 72.9 |
| Heteroconger guttatus Allen, Erdmann & Mongdong, 2020 |
Spotted garden eel | Western Central Pacific | 44.2 |
| Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) |
Spotted garden-eel | Indo-Pacific | 40 |
| Heteroconger klausewitzi (Eibl-Eibesfeldt & Köster, 1983) |
Galapagos garden eel | Southeast Pacific | 70 |
| Heteroconger lentiginosus Böhlke & Randall, 1981 |
Masked garden eel | Western Central Pacific | 77 |
| Heteroconger longissimus Günther, 1870 |
Brown garden eel | Eastern Atlantic | 51 |
| Heteroconger luteolus Smith, 1989 |
Yellow garden eel | Western Central Atlantic | |
| Heteroconger mercyae Allen & Erdmann, 2009 |
Mercy's garden eel | Western Pacific | 67.81 |
| Heteroconger obscurus (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959) |
Obscure garden eel | Eastern Indian Ocean | 33.64 |
| Heteroconger pellegrini Castle, 1999 |
Speckled garden eel | Eastern Pacific | 63 |
| Heteroconger perissodon Böhlke & Randall, 1981 |
Black garden eel | Indo-West Pacific | 53.7 |
| Heteroconger polyzona Bleeker, 1868 |
Zebra garden eel | Indo-West Pacific | 34.7 |
| Heteroconger taylori Castle & Randall, 1995 |
Taylor's garden eel | Western Central Pacific | 47.9 |
| Heteroconger tomberua Castle & Randall, 1999 |
Western Central Pacific | 42.8 | |
| Heteroconger tricia Castle & Randall, 1999 |
Tricia's garden eel | Eastern Indian Ocean | 49.6 |