The Pacific spaghetti eel (''Gorgasia japonica'') is a sand dwelling eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).''Gorgasia japonica''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Tokiharu Abe, M. Miki and Minoru Asai in 1977.Abe, T., M. Miki and M. Asai, 1977 (20 Mar.)

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''Description of a new garden eel from Japan.'' Uo (Japanese Society of Ichthyology) No. 28: 1-8. It is a

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, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the northwestern and southwestern Pacific Ocean, including

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is derived) and New Zealand. It dwells at a maximum depth of . It is non-migratory, and inhabits sand flats near reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of ; the diameter of the body is approximately 10 millimetres. Spaghetti eels will typically occur in large groups that can consist of hundreds of eels. The Pacific spaghetti eel's diet consists of zooplankton.Food items reported for ''Gorgasia japonica''
at www.fishbase.org.

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Gorgasia Fish described in 1977 Taxa named by Tokiharu Abe {{Anguilliformes-stub