Pacific spaghetti eel

Species of fish

Pacific spaghetti eel

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Anguilliformes
Family:  | Congridae
Genus:  | Gorgasia
Species:  |

G. japonica

Binomial name
Gorgasia japonica

Abe, Miki & Minoru Asai, 1977

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.

The Pacific spaghetti eel's diet consists of zooplankton.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Common names for Gorgasia japonica at www.fishbase.org.
2. ^ a b Gorgasia japonica Archived 2013-07-01 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Food items reported for Gorgasia japonica at www.fishbase.org.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2787945
* Wikispecies: Gorgasia japonica
* CoL: 3H32T
* FishBase: 23301
* GBIF: 2403059
* iNaturalist: 410477
* IRMNG: 10581744
* ITIS: 635955
* IUCN: 199295
* NZOR: f9d5e0c7-8c11-4210-9837-0ecab03ce0a6
* Plazi: A1359A5D-AC70-0412-F997-69F23FDA9B9D
* WoRMS: 277879
* ZooBank: B51E07AB-50A3-46E2-85A0-E9EA218E82A3

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