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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Heterocongrinae
Etymology: Gorgasia: From Greek mithology, Gorgas, -ados = the Gorgone´s head (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: General William Crawford Gorgas (1854–1920) was an epidemiologist and Surgeon General of the US Army. [...] Dr Wolfgang Klausewitz (1922–2018) was a German zoologist, ichthyologist and marine biologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
بحري القاع; نطاق العمق 170 - 225 m (Ref. 58018). Tropical
Indian Ocean: Andaman Is., Reunion, Mauritius, and the Comoros.
الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 75.1 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 33408)
الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع) : 516 - 520; أشعه شرجية لينه: 330 - 332; فقرات: 170 - 181.
Occurs in colonies containing hundreds of individuals (Ref 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
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 2024-1)
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 13.7 - 18.8, mean 16.4 °C (based on 16 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 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).
مستوى غذائي (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
المرونه (Ref.
120179): وسيط, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع 1.4-4.4 سنة (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).