Klausewitz's garden eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gorgasia
Species:
G. klausewitzi
Binomial name
Gorgasia klausewitzi
Quéro & Saldanha, 1995

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]

Etymology

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]

References

  1. ↑ Common names of Gorgasia klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Gorgasia klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ Quéro, J.-C. and L. Saldanha, 1995 (28 Mar.) [ref. 22017] Poissons anguilliformes de l'Ile de la Réunion (Océan Indien): description d'une nouvelle espèce. Cybium v. 19 (no. 1): 61-88.
  4. ↑ http://www.etyfish.org | title = The Etyfish Project


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