Sharp-nose 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. taiwanensis
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Binomial name | |
Gorgasia taiwanensis
Shao, 1990
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The sharp-nose garden eel [2] (Gorgasia taiwanensis) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Shao Kwang-Tsao in 1990. [4] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from Taiwan (from which its species epithet is derived) and southern Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is non-migratory, and dwells at a depth range of 14 to 22 metres (46 to 72 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 74.1 centimetres (29.2 in). It can be identified by the shape of its snout. [3]