Klausewitz's garden eel

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]

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

References
  1. Common names of Gorgasia klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
  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.


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