Freckled garden eel

The freckled garden eel[2] (Gorgasia naeocepaea) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by James Erwin Böhlke in 1951, originally under the genus Taenioconger.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean, including the Philippines and Indonesia. It is known to inhabit sandy regions, and dwells at a depth range of 10 to 24 metres (33 to 79 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 75 centimetres (30 in).[3]

Freckled garden eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Congridae
Genus:
Gorgasia
Species:
G. naeocepaea
Binomial name
Gorgasia naeocepaea
(Böhlke, 1951)
Synonyms[1]
  • Taenioconger naeocepaeus Böhlke, 1951
  • Gorgasia naeocepaeus (Böhlke, 1951)

References
  1. Synonyms of Gorgasia naeocepaea at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Gorgasia naeocepaea at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Gorgasia naeocepaea at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Böhlke, J. E., 1951 (21 Mar.) [ref. 12350] A new eel of the genus Taenioconger from the Philippines. Copeia 1951 (no. 1): 32-35.


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