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Barnes' garden eel
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Gorgasia
Species:	G. barnesi
Binomial name
Gorgasia barnesi B. H. Robison & Lancraft, 1984

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. It dwells at a depth range of 5 to 20 metres (16 to 66 ft), and inhabits sand substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 121 centimetres (48 in).

Etymology

The species epithet "barnesi" refers to Anthony T. Barnes.

References

1. Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gorgasia barnesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199393A2590671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199393A2590671.en. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
2. Common names for Gorgasia barnesi at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Gorgasia barnesi at www.fishbase.org.
4. Robison, Bruce H.; Lancraft, Thomas M. (1984). "Gorgasia barnesi (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), a New Garden Eel from the Banda Sea". Copeia. 1984 (2): 404–409. doi:10.2307/1445198.

External links

• Photos of Barnes' garden eel on Sealife Collection

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