Gorgasia maculata Whitespotted garden eel

Gorgasia maculata is commonly referred to as Whitespotted garden eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3506 

AphiaID:

217551 

Scientific:

Gorgasia maculata 

German:

Perlen-Röhrenaal 

English:

Whitespotted Garden Eel 

Category:

Garden eels 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Congridae (Family) > Gorgasia (Genus) > maculata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Komodo (Komodo Island), Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Solomon Islands, Sumatra, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

25 - 48 Meter 

Size:

up to 27.56" (70 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Gorgasia barnesi
  Röhrenaal
• Gorgasia cotroneii
• 
  Gorgasia galzini
  Gefleckter Röhrenaal
• 
  Gorgasia hawaiiensis
  Hawaiianischer Röhrenaal
• Gorgasia inferomaculata
• 
  Gorgasia japonica
  Japanischer Röhrenaal
• 
  Gorgasia klausewitzi
  Röhrenaal
• 
  Gorgasia maculata
  Perlen-Röhrenaal
• 
  Gorgasia naeocepaea
  Röhrenaal
• 
  Gorgasia preclara
  Prachtröhrenaal
• Gorgasia punctata
• 
  Gorgasia sillneri
  Rotmeer-Röhrenaal
• 
  Gorgasia taiwanensis
  Röhrenaal
• Gorgasia thamani
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-01-06 17:23:26 

Last edit:

2022-07-17 18:30:01 

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