Gorgasia_maculata

Whitespotted garden eel

Whitespotted garden eel

Species of fish

The whitespotted garden eel (Gorgasia maculata), also known as the Indian spaghetti eel,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Wolfgang Klausewitz and Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt in 1959.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Maldives, the Solomon Islands, the Philippines, the Cocos Islands, Comoros, India, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.[5] It dwells at a depth range of 25 to 48 metres (82 to 157 ft), and lives in non-migratory colonies that form burrows on sandy slopes, usually near coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 70 centimetres (28 in).[3]

Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...

Due to its wide range and lack of known major threats, the IUCN redlist lists the whitespotted garden eel as Least Concern.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Synonyms of Gorgasia maculata at www.fishbase.org.
  2. [2]
    Common names of Gorgasia maculata at www.fishbase.org.
  3. [3]
    Gorgasia maculata at www.fishbase.org.
  4. [4]
    Klausewitz, W. and I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959 (1 Sept.) [ref. 2616] Neue Röhrenaale von den Maldiven und Nikobaren (Pisces, Apodes, Heterocongridae). Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 40 (nos 3/4): 135-153.
  5. [5]
    Gorgasia maculata at the IUCN redlist.


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