Gorgasia cotroneii | |
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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. cotroneii
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Binomial name | |
Gorgasia cotroneii (
D'Ancona, 1928)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Gorgasia cotroneii is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [2] It was described by Umberto D'Ancona in 1928, originally under the genus Leptocephalus. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean. [2]
The fish is named in honor of Italian zoologist Giulio Cotronei (1885–1962), who was Director of the Institute of Comparative Anatomy, R. Università di Roma, where describer D’Ancona was based. [4]