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Red Sea Garden Eel (Gorgasia sillneri)
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Ecological Illustration of Red Sea Garden Eel (Gorgasia sillneri)
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Congridae

Red Sea Garden Eel

Gorgasia sillneri

Eighty Three Point Eight Centimeters Eel from Gulf of Aqaba

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Gorgasia sillneri is a species of eel in the conger/garden eel family Congridae. It was described by Wolfgang Klausewitz in 1962. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean.

Family
Congridae
Water type
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
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