Congridae

Freckled garden eel

Gorgasia naeocepaea

Seventy Five Centimeters Eel of Central Pacific

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

Gorgasia naeocepaea, the freckled garden eel, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by James Erwin Böhlke in 1951, originally under the genus Taenioconger. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean, including the Philippines and Indonesia.