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Hawaiian garden eel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Gorgasia
Species:	G. hawaiiensis
Binomial name
Gorgasia hawaiiensis J. E. Randall & Chess, 1980

The Hawaiian garden eel (Gorgasia hawaiiensis) is a species of eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by John Ernest Randall and James Robert Chess in 1980. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Hawaiian archipelago (from which its species epithet is derived), in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It is non-migratory, and is thought to be restricted to the region. It dwells at a depth range of 11 to 53 metres (36 to 174 ft), and leads a benthic life, forming burrows in sand. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 59.8 centimetres (23.5 in).

This eel appears during sunrise and returns to its burrow around sunset, making it a diurnal animal. Although burrows of this eel are more abundant in shallow water, larger burrows belonging to this eel can be found in deeper water.

The Hawaiian garden eel's diet consists of zoobenthos.

References

1. Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gorgasia hawaiiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199090A2557916. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199090A2557916.en. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
2. Common names of Gorgasia hawaiiensis at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Gorgasia hawaiiensis at www.fishbase.org.
4. Randall, J. E. and J. R. Chess, 1980 A new species of garden eel (Congridae: Heterocongrinae) of the genus Gorgasia from Hawaii. Pacific Science v. 33 (no. 1): 17–23.
5. Emily Donham, Michael S. Foster, Marc R. Rice, Gregor M. Cailliet, Mary M. Yoklavich, and Scott L. Hamilton (April 2017). "Natural History Observations of Hawaiian Garden Eels, Gorgasia hawaiiensis (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), from the Island of Hawai'i". University of Hawai'i Press. 71 – via Project MUSE.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
6. Food items reported for Gorgasia hawaiiensis at www.fishbase.org.

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