Whitespotted garden eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Gorgasia |
Species: | G. maculata
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Binomial name | |
Gorgasia maculata
Klausewitz &
Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
Due to its wide range and lack of known major threats, the IUCN redlist lists the whitespotted garden eel as Least Concern. [5]
Whitespotted garden eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Gorgasia |
Species: | G. maculata
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Binomial name | |
Gorgasia maculata
Klausewitz &
Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
Due to its wide range and lack of known major threats, the IUCN redlist lists the whitespotted garden eel as Least Concern. [5]