Klausewitz' Garden Eel
Gorgasia klausewitzi
- Usual depth17–198 m
- Water temperature26–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch and May
- How commonRare
About this species
The Klausewitz's garden eel is an eel in the family Congridae. It was described by Jean-Claude Quéro and Luiz Vieria Caldas Saldanha in 1995. It is a marine, tropical species, which is known from the Indian Ocean, including waters off the Andaman Islands, Réunion, Mauritius, and the Comoros Islands. It dwells at a depth range of 170 to 225 metres and forms large colonies consisting of hundreds of individual eels. Males can reach a maximum total length of 75.1 centimetres (29.6 in).
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 17–198 m · Deepest record: 197.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Klausewitz' Garden Eel
Similar species
Barnes' Garden EelGorgasia barnesi
Hawaiian Garden EelGorgasia hawaiiensis
Indian Spaghetti EelGorgasia maculata
- Galzin's Garden Eel
Gorgasia galzini
CongerConger conger
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 10 open-data records from 1982 to 2010.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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