TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order: Anguilliformes (Eels and morays)
Family: Congridae (Conger and garden eels)
Subfamily: Heterocongrinae

Genus/species: Gorgasia preclara

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Its yellow to orange with characteristic white bands body has a circular shape with a diameter of about 10 mm (0.4 in). Length up to 40 cm (15.75 in) maximum.
Typically, only its head and upper body protrudes from the sand where the garden eel lives in a buried tube in the sand either alone or in small groups.

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DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Found in the Indo-West Pacific in sandy areas exposed to currents at depths between 18 and 75 m (60-245 ft), but is usually observed at an average depth of 30 m (100 ft).

DIET IN THE WILD: Plankton

CONSERVATION: Not Evaluated

References

fishbase  fishbase.org/summary/Gorgasia-preclara.html

California Academy of Sciences Water is life Exhibit 8-20-15

Ron’s flickr  https://www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/20776620435/in/dateposted/

WordPress shortlink http://wp.me/p1DZ4b-1zP