Klausewitz's garden eel
| Klausewitz's garden eel | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| 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 (the conger or garden eels).[2] It was described by Jean-Claude Quéro and Luiz Vieria Caldas Saldanha in 1995.[3] It is a marine, tropical species, which is known from the Indian Ocean, including waters off 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 who was an expert in garden eels, and who encouraged the authors to describe this species of eel as a new species.[4]
References
- ↑ Common names of Gorgasia klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Gorgasia klausewitzi at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.etyfish.org | title = The Etyfish Project