Gorgasia sillneri

Gorgasia sillneri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Gorgasia
Species:	G. sillneri
Binomial name
Gorgasia sillneri Klausewitz, 1962

Gorgasia sillneri is a species of eel in the conger/garden eel family Congridae. ^[2] It was described by Wolfgang Klausewitz in 1962. ^[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 83.8 centimetres (33.0 in). ^[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of a German underwater photographer, Ludwig Sillner (1914–1973), who collected the holotype specimen and made important observations in the field on its ecology and life coloration. ^[4]

References

1. Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gorgasia sillneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T199014A2549980. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199014A2549980.en . Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. Gorgasia sillneri at www.fishbase.org.
3. Klausewitz, W., 1962 (23 Nov.) [ref. 5985] Gorgasia sillneri, ein neuer Röhrenaal aus dem Roten Meer (Pisces, Apodes, Heterocongridae). Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 43 (no. 6): 433-435.
4. The Etyfish Project