GORGASIA PRECLARA - (BOHLKE & RANDALL, 1981)
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Elopomorpha (Superorder) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Congroidei (Suborder) > Congridae (Family) > Heterocongrinae (Subfamily) > Gorgasia (Genus)
Anguille jardinière splendide, Splendid garden eel, Orange-barred garden eel, Nishiki Nago, ニシキアナゴ, 横带园鳗,
Synonyme
Heteroconger preclara (Böhlke & Randall, 1981)
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Description
Dorsal-fin origin shortly behind level of upper end of gill opening. Preanal length: 2.1-2.3 in TL, predorsal length: 13-15 in TL, head long: 14-17 in TL, and body depth at anus: 50-63. Snout length: 7.1-9.1 in HL, eye diameter: 4.6-5.7 in HL, and upper jaw: 4-4.8 in HL. Pectoral fins rays (while small): 10-14. Vertebrae: 144-156, with dorsal fin originating above vertebra: 6-9 and anal fin below vertebra: 62-67. Lateral-line pores on body, and particularly those before anus, unusually widely spaced, only: 11-16 anterior to anal opening. Infraorbital and preoperculomandibular pore series well developed, former with 6 and latter with 8-9 pores. Vertical fins terminating exteriorly before tail tip, tail tip fleshy with caudal fin rays usually not readily visible. Body diameter to about: 10 mm. Max. length: 40.0 cm TL. Depth range: 18 - 75 m.
Color
Head, trunk, and anterior portion of tail with alternating pale and orange-brown bars; Pale bars on body progressively smaller and changing to vertically elongate spots posteriorly.
Etymology
Gorgasia: from 1908 to 1910 Samuel Frederick Hildebrand worked as an assistant to Seth Eugene Meek at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. From 1910 to 1912 he undertook, with Meek, two collecting expeditions to Panama from which he published The Fishes of the Fresh Waters of Panama (1916) and The Marine Fishes of Panama (1923). This new genus (Gorgasia punctata Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) was named for the late General William Crawford Gorgas, who was chief sanitary officer on the Panama Canal Zone during the period when the present collections were made, and through whose department the authors received invaluable aid while collecting in Panama.
preclara: from Latin prefix, prae- = before, in front + from Latin, clarus = clear, bright, renowned, famous. Named for its beautiful or splendid colors.
Original description: Gorgasia preclara Böhlke & Randall, 1981 - Type locality: Sumilon Island, east of southern end of Cebu Island, Philippines, depth: 24-29 meters.
Distribution
Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, east to Guam and Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia.
Biology
Single to small aggregations. Live individually in burrows from which they protrude. Feeds on drifting plankton.
Last update: 29, May 2024
Anguille jardinière splendide, Splendid garden eel, Orange-barred garden eel, Nishiki Nago, ニシキアナゴ, 横带园鳗,
Synonyme
Heteroconger preclara (Böhlke & Randall, 1981)
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Description
Dorsal-fin origin shortly behind level of upper end of gill opening. Preanal length: 2.1-2.3 in TL, predorsal length: 13-15 in TL, head long: 14-17 in TL, and body depth at anus: 50-63. Snout length: 7.1-9.1 in HL, eye diameter: 4.6-5.7 in HL, and upper jaw: 4-4.8 in HL. Pectoral fins rays (while small): 10-14. Vertebrae: 144-156, with dorsal fin originating above vertebra: 6-9 and anal fin below vertebra: 62-67. Lateral-line pores on body, and particularly those before anus, unusually widely spaced, only: 11-16 anterior to anal opening. Infraorbital and preoperculomandibular pore series well developed, former with 6 and latter with 8-9 pores. Vertical fins terminating exteriorly before tail tip, tail tip fleshy with caudal fin rays usually not readily visible. Body diameter to about: 10 mm. Max. length: 40.0 cm TL. Depth range: 18 - 75 m.
Color
Head, trunk, and anterior portion of tail with alternating pale and orange-brown bars; Pale bars on body progressively smaller and changing to vertically elongate spots posteriorly.
Etymology
Gorgasia: from 1908 to 1910 Samuel Frederick Hildebrand worked as an assistant to Seth Eugene Meek at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. From 1910 to 1912 he undertook, with Meek, two collecting expeditions to Panama from which he published The Fishes of the Fresh Waters of Panama (1916) and The Marine Fishes of Panama (1923). This new genus (Gorgasia punctata Meek & Hildebrand, 1923) was named for the late General William Crawford Gorgas, who was chief sanitary officer on the Panama Canal Zone during the period when the present collections were made, and through whose department the authors received invaluable aid while collecting in Panama.
preclara: from Latin prefix, prae- = before, in front + from Latin, clarus = clear, bright, renowned, famous. Named for its beautiful or splendid colors.
Original description: Gorgasia preclara Böhlke & Randall, 1981 - Type locality: Sumilon Island, east of southern end of Cebu Island, Philippines, depth: 24-29 meters.
Distribution
Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Maldives, east to Guam and Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia.
Biology
Single to small aggregations. Live individually in burrows from which they protrude. Feeds on drifting plankton.
Last update: 29, May 2024