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Spaghetti Garden Eel
Gorgasia maculata
9.18333, 123.267
Field Notes
Description:
Also known as Garden Eels, Spaghetti Eel, Indian Spaghetti Eel and Whitespotted Garden Eel.
Found in large colonies on sand flats or gentle slopes.
They feed on plankton.
Length - 70cm
Depth - 20-50m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
Garden Eels rise up in the sand halfway their body length waving in the sand feeding on plankton.
When approached they slide back into their holes.
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