Barnes' garden eel

Barnes' garden eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gorgasia
Species: G. barnesi
Binomial name
Gorgasia barnesi
Robison & Lancraft, 1984

The Barnes' garden eel[1] (Gorgasia barnesi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Bruce H. Robison and Thomas M. Lancraft in 1984.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. It dwells at a depth range of 5 to 20 metres (16 to 66 ft), and inhabits sand substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 121 centimetres (48 in).[2]

The species epithet "barnesi" refers to Anthony T. Barnes.[2]

References

  1. Common names for Gorgasia barnesi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 3 Gorgasia barnesi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Robison, B. H. and T. M. Lancraft, 1984 (1 May) [ref. 6812] Gorgasia barnesi (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), a new garden eel from the Banda Sea. Copeia 1984 (no. 2): 404-409.
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