The sharp-nose garden eelCommon names of ''Gorgasia taiwanensis''
at www.fishbase.org. (''Gorgasia taiwanensis'') is an

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

in the family

Congridae The Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden (thus the name). The family inc ...

(conger/garden eels).''Gorgasia taiwanensis''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

Shao Kwang-Tsao Shao (; Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation, Cantonese Romanisation: Shiu; Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaw) is a common List of common Chinese surnames, Chinese family name. It is the 86th most populous family name in China. It corresponds to last nam ...

in 1990.Shao, K.-T., 1990 (28 Dec.) ef. 19169''Garden eels from Taiwan, with description of a new species.'' Uo (Japanese Society of Ichthyology) No. 40: 1-16. It is a

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Geographical z ...

eel which is known from

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

(from which its species epithet is derived) and southern

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, in the northwestern

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. It is non-migratory, and dwells at a depth range of . Males can reach a maximum

total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology. Overall length * Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish ...

of . It can be identified by the shape of its snout.

References

Gorgasia Taxa named by Shao Kwang-Tsao Fish described in 1990 {{Congridae-stub