The whitespotted garden eel (Gorgasia maculata), also known as the Indian spaghetti eel,[2] is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Wolfgang Klausewitz and Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt in 1959.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Maldives, the Solomon Islands, the Philippines, the Cocos Islands, Comoros, India, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.[5] It dwells at a depth range of 25 to 48 metres (82 to 157 ft), and lives in non-migratory colonies that form burrows on sandy slopes, usually near coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 70 centimetres (28 in).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Gorgasia |
| Species: | G. maculata
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| Gorgasia maculata Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959
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Due to its wide range and lack of known major threats, the IUCN redlist lists the whitespotted garden eel as Least Concern.[5]
References edit
- ^ Synonyms of Gorgasia maculata at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Gorgasia maculata at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Gorgasia maculata at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Klausewitz, W. and I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959 (1 Sept.) [ref. 2616] Neue Röhrenaale von den Maldiven und Nikobaren (Pisces, Apodes, Heterocongridae). Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 40 (nos 3/4): 135-153.
- ^ a b Gorgasia maculata at the IUCN redlist.
External links edit
- Photos of Whitespotted garden eel on Sealife Collection
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