''Gorgasia inferomaculata'' is an
eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
in the family
Congridae
The Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden (thus the name). The family in ...
(conger/garden eels).
[''Gorgasia inferomaculata''](_blank)
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by
Jacques Blache in 1977.
[Blache, J., 1977 ef. 22893''Leptocéphales des poissons anguilliformes dans la zone sud du Golfe de Guinée.'' Faune Tropicale No. 20: 1-381.] It is a non-migratory
marine,
tropical
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eel which is known from the
Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea (French language, French: ''Golfe de Guinée''; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Golfo de Guinea''; Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Golfo da Guiné'') is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Cape Lopez i ...
, in the eastern central
Atlantic Ocean
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.
References
inferomaculata
Taxa named by Jacques Blache
Fish described in 1977
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