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Pacific spaghetti eel (Gorgasia japonica)
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Pacific spaghetti eel (Gorgasia japonica) specimen
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Congridae

Pacific spaghetti eel

Gorgasia japonica

Fish Reaching One Hundred Centimeters in Japanese Waters

  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Temperate fish

Pacific spaghetti eel is a marine fish of Northwest and Southwest Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 100 cm.

Family
Congridae
Maximum length
100 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Northwest and Southwest Pacific: Antitropical. Northwest Pacific: Hachijojima and Hachijokojima, Japan. Southwest Pacific: New Zealand.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern
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