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Gorgasia barnesi
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Heterocongrinae
Etymology: Gorgasia: From Greek mithology, Gorgas, -ados = the Gorgone´s head (Ref. 45335); barnesi: Named for Anthony T. Barnes.
Eponymy: General William Crawford Gorgas (1854–1920) was an epidemiologist and Surgeon General of the US Army. [...] Anthony T Barnes was a colleague and shipmate of the authors aboard the research vessel ‘Alpha Helix’, from which the holotype was collected. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Etymology: Gorgasia: From Greek mithology, Gorgas, -ados = the Gorgone´s head (Ref. 45335); barnesi: Named for Anthony T. Barnes.
Eponymy: General William Crawford Gorgas (1854–1920) was an epidemiologist and Surgeon General of the US Army. [...] Anthony T Barnes was a colleague and shipmate of the authors aboard the research vessel ‘Alpha Helix’, from which the holotype was collected. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 20 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
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Western Pacific: Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.
Size / Weight / Age
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 616 - 617; Anal soft rays: 407 - 409; Vertebrae: 201 - 219. This species slender, elongated, with the depth at the gills 1.1-1.6% of total length; a short head length, 11.2-14.1% of snout-anus length; mouth, as measured by front of upper jaw to rictus, is greater than 3.6% of snout-anus length; head pores are POM 5+4 and ST 2+1 (Ref. 58269).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Found in sand bottoms in about 5-20 m (Ref 90102).
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Main reference
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Castle, P.H.J. and J.E. Randall, 1999. Revision of Indo-Pacific garden eels (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pac. Fish. (30):52 p. (Ref. 33408)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 November 2016
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (61 of 100). 🛈 |