Species Gorgasia preclara Böhlke & Randall, 1981

• Gorgasia preclara Böhlke, J.E. & Randall, J.R. 1981. Four new garden eels (Congridae, Heterocongrinae) from the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Bulletin of Marine Science 31(2): 366-382 figs 1-8 [379, figs 1E, 4C, 5, 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 21012, Sumilon Island, east of south end of Cebu Island, Philippines.
  Paratype(s) ANSP 142710 cleared & stained; CAS 45890; MNHP 1980-1191; USNM 221381; ANSP 142711-14 (4); ANSP 142732; BPBM 21013; BPBM 21015 (2); BPBM 22135 (4); BPBM 22597.

 

Generic Combinations

• Heteroconger preclara (Böhlke & Randall, 1981). —
  Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [58]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Osprey Reef (13°49'S, 146°34'E) and Holmes Reefs (16°28'S, 147°57'E), Coral Sea; tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, burrower, coral reef, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

15-75 m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [58] (as Heteroconger preclara)

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [115]

Castle, P.H.J. & Randall, J.E. 1999. Revision of Indo-Pacific garden eels (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 30: 1-52 pls I-III [44]

Hoese, D.F. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Congridae. pp. 287-297 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [295]

Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls. [58]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [494]

 

Common Name References

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [494] (Splendid Garden Eel)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Splendid Garden Eel)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [19] (Splendid Garden Eel)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	01-Oct-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
23-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	23-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED