Hawaiian garden eel

Hawaiian garden eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gorgasia
Species: G. hawaiiensis
Binomial name
Gorgasia hawaiiensis
Randall & Chess, 1980

The Hawaiian garden eel[1] (Gorgasia hawaiiensis) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by John Ernest Randall and James Robert Chess in 1980.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Hawaiian archipelago (from which its species epithet is derived), in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It is non-migratory, and is thought to be restricted to the region. It dwells at a depth range of 11 to 53 metres (36 to 174 ft), and leads a benthic life, forming burrows in sand. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 59.8 centimetres (23.5 in).[2]

The Hawaiian garden eel's diet consists of zoobenthos.[4]

References

  1. Common names of Gorgasia hawaiiensis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Gorgasia hawaiiensis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Randall, J. E. and J. R. Chess, 1980 [ref. 6924] A new species of garden eel (Congridae: Heterocongrinae) of the genus Gorgasia from Hawaii. Pacific Science v. 33 (no. 1): 17-23.
  4. Food items reported for Gorgasia hawaiiensis at www.fishbase.org.
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