Whitespotted garden eel
| Whitespotted garden eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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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The whitespotted garden eel (Gorgasia maculata), also known as the Indian spaghetti eel,[3] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[4] It was described by Wolfgang Klausewitz and Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt in 1959.[5] 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.[1] It dwells at a depth range of 25 to 48 metres (80 to 160 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).[4]
Due to its wide range and lack of known major threats, the IUCN redlist lists the whitespotted garden eel as Least Concern.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Acero, A.; Murdy, E.; Smith, D. (2017) [errata version of 2010 assessment]. "Gorgasia maculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T155071A115268165. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155071A4724166.en. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- ^ "Synonyms of Gorgasia maculata". fishbase.org.
- ^ "Common names of Gorgasia maculata". fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gorgasia maculata". FishBase.
- ^ Klausewitz, W. and I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt (1 September 1959). "Neue Röhrenaale von den Maldiven und Nikobaren (Pisces, Apodes, Heterocongridae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica (in German). 40 (3/4): 135–153.
External links
- Photos of Whitespotted garden eel in the Sealife Collection