The Pacific spaghetti eel[1] (Gorgasia japonica) is a sand dwelling eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Tokiharu Abe, M. Miki and Minoru Asai in 1977.[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the northwestern and southwestern Pacific Ocean, including Japan (from which its species epithet is derived) and New Zealand. It dwells at a maximum depth of 30 metres (98 ft). It is non-migratory, and inhabits sand flats near reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 100 centimetres (39 in); the diameter of the body is approximately 10 millimetres.[2] Spaghetti eels will typically occur in large groups that can consist of hundreds of eels.
| Pacific spaghetti eel | |
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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. japonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Gorgasia japonica Abe, Miki & Minoru Asai, 1977
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The Pacific spaghetti eel's diet consists of zooplankton.[4]
References edit
- ^ Common names for Gorgasia japonica at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Gorgasia japonica Archived 2013-07-01 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Abe, T., M. Miki and M. Asai, 1977 (20 Mar.) [ref. 7225] Description of a new garden eel from Japan. Uo (Japanese Society of Ichthyology) No. 28: 1-8.
- ^ Food items reported for Gorgasia japonica at www.fishbase.org.
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