Sharp-nose garden eel
SpeciesFish
A subtropical conger eel of Taiwan and southern Japan
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Sharp-nose garden eel
- Fish
The sharp-nose garden eel, Gorgasia taiwanensis, is a marine subtropical eel in the conger and garden eel family Congridae. Described by Shao Kwang-Tsao in 1990, it is known from Taiwan and southern Japan in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is non-migratory and lives at depths of 14 to 22 metres. Males can reach 74.1 centimetres in total length. Its snout shape helps identify it.
- Scientific name
- Gorgasia taiwanensis
- Range
- Taiwan and southern Japan, northwestern Pacific Ocean
- Depth range
- 14 to 22 metres
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Sharp-nose garden eel (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q3758016
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Izuzuki. CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsIzuzuki, http://www.izuzuki.com/Modifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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