The Klausewitz's garden eel (''Gorgasia klausewitzi'') 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 klausewitzi''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Jean-Claude Quéro and Luiz Vieria Caldas Saldanha in 1995.Quéro, J.-C. and L. Saldanha, 1995 (28 Mar.)

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''Poissons anguilliformes de l'Ile de la Réunion (Océan Indien): description d'une nouvelle espèce.'' Cybium v. 19 (no. 1): 61-88. It is a marine,

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eel, which is known from the

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, including the

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, and the

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. It dwells at a depth range of , and forms large colonies consisting of hundreds of individual eels. Males can reach a maximum

total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish measured f ...

of .

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of German ichthyologist Wolfgang Klausewitz garden eel expert, who encouraged the authors to describe this species of eel.http://www.etyfish.org , title = The Etyfish Project

References

Gorgasia Taxa named by Jean-Claude Quéro Taxa named by Luiz Vieria Caldas Saldanha Fish described in 1995 {{Anguilliformes-stub