Hawaiian garden eel
| Hawaiian garden 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. hawaiiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gorgasia hawaiiensis J. E. Randall & Chess, 1980
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The Hawaiian garden eel[2] (Gorgasia hawaiiensis) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by John Ernest Randall and James Robert Chess in 1980.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Hawaiian archipelago (from which its species epithet is derived), in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It is non-migratory, and is thought to be restricted to the region. It dwells at a depth range of 11 to 53 metres (36 to 174 ft), and leads a benthic life, forming burrows in sand. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 59.8 centimetres (23.5 in).[3]
This eel appears during sunrise and returns to its burrow around sunset, making it a diurnal animal. Although burrows of this eel are more abundant in shallow water, larger burrows belonging to this eel can be found in deeper water.[5]
The Hawaiian garden eel's diet consists of zoobenthos.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gorgasia hawaiiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199090A2557916. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199090A2557916.en. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Common names of Gorgasia hawaiiensis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Gorgasia hawaiiensis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Randall, J. E. and J. R. Chess, 1980 [ref. 6924] A new species of garden eel (Congridae: Heterocongrinae) of the genus Gorgasia from Hawaii. Pacific Science v. 33 (no. 1): 17–23.
- ^ Emily Donham, Michael S. Foster, Marc R. Rice, Gregor M. Cailliet, Mary M. Yoklavich, and Scott L. Hamilton (April 2017). "Natural History Observations of Hawaiian Garden Eels, Gorgasia hawaiiensis (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), from the Island of Hawai'i". University of Hawai'i Press. 71 – via Project MUSE.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Food items reported for Gorgasia hawaiiensis at www.fishbase.org.
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