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Splendid Garden Eel or Orangebarred Garden Eel

Gorgasia preclara

Photo by Saarbrigger
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Field Notes

Description:

szize up to 33 - 40 cm;
They requires a very deep sandy substrate (20 – 37 cm in depth). It likes to retreat fully into its burrow if disturbed

Habitat:

aqua terra zoo Vienna,
in the wilde: Indo-West Pacific Ocean from Maldives to New Guinea, south to Ryukyus and north through the Philippines where sandy, flat reefs are their favourite spots (Wikipedia)

Reference Links:

Splendid Garden Eel, http://www.fish-species.org.uk/marine-fish/41-splendid-garden-eel.htm

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Comments (5)
Caleb Steindel
do the moo-shoo!!!!!!! [anyone watch top 10 veggietales countdown you'll know wat i mean
Saarbrigger
Thanks for the nice comments. It was amazing to watch them.
Lee5
What a great shot. I have never seen anything like this.

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