Klausewitz's garden eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Gorgasia |
Species: | G. klausewitzi
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Binomial name | |
Gorgasia klausewitzi |
The Klausewitz's garden eel [1] (Gorgasia klausewitzi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [2] It was described by Jean-Claude Quéro and Luiz Vieria Caldas Saldanha in 1995. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel, which is known from the Indian Ocean, including the Andaman Islands, Réunion, Mauritius, and the Comoros Islands. It dwells at a depth range of 170 to 225 metres (558 to 738 ft), and forms large colonies consisting of hundreds of individual eels. Males can reach a maximum total length of 75.1 centimetres (29.6 in). [2]
The fish is named in honor of German ichthyologist Wolfgang Klausewitz garden eel expert, who encouraged the authors to describe this species of eel. [4]