''Gorgasia galzini'', the speckled garden eel or Galzin's garden eel, is a species of garden eel. This marine fish lives in the

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, where found at depths of from

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and the

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to the

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.Randall, J. E. (2005). ''Reef and Shore Fishes of the South Pacific.'' p. 27. It reaches in length. Like other garden eels, this species lives in groups in sandy areas. The eels peep outside and look like very thin stems emerging from the sand. When possible predators get close to them, they retreat and disappear in the sand.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of fish ecologist René Galzin (b. 1950), who provided many eel specimens for study and valuable information on the eel's biology.The Etyfish Project
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References

galzini Taxa named by Peter Henry John Castle Taxa named by John Ernest Randall Fish described in 1999 {{Anguilliformes-stub