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Barnes' garden eel (Gorgasia barnesi)
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Barnes' garden eel (Gorgasia barnesi) specimen
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Congridae

Barnes' garden eel

Gorgasia barnesi

Eel beneath Indonesian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

The Barnes' garden eel (Gorgasia barnesi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Bruce H. Robison and Thomas M. Lancraft in 1984. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

Family
Congridae
Maximum length
121 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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