Gorgasia

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Gorgasia is a genus of garden eels known for their slender, burrowing bodies that protrude from sandy sea floors in tropical and subtropical oceans.

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Label Occurrences
Gorgasia canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
taxon
associatedWith coral reef slopes
sandy plains near reefs
behavior burrowing
belongsToGroup garden eels
bodyShape slender
class Actinopterygii
commonName garden eels
defenseBehavior retreats fully into burrow when threatened
describedAs genus of garden eels
distribution subtropical regions
tropical regions
ecologicalRole planktivore
environment saltwater
family Congridae NERFINISHED
feedingBehavior suspension feeding from burrow
habitat sandy sea floors
subtropical oceans
tropical oceans
hasSpecies Gorgasia cotroneii NERFINISHED
Gorgasia galzini NERFINISHED
Gorgasia inferomaculata NERFINISHED
Gorgasia klausewitzi NERFINISHED
Gorgasia maculata NERFINISHED
Gorgasia meadi NERFINISHED
Gorgasia naeocepaea NERFINISHED
Gorgasia preclara NERFINISHED
Gorgasia punctata NERFINISHED
Gorgasia sillneri NERFINISHED
Gorgasia taiwanensis NERFINISHED
Gorgasia thamani NERFINISHED
Gorgasia vinceae NERFINISHED
kingdom Animalia
lifestyle marine
locomotion anguilliform swimming
notableBehavior remains partially buried with head exposed
notableFeature bodies protrude from sand while burrowed
order Anguilliformes NERFINISHED
parentTaxon Congridae NERFINISHED
phylum Chordata
reproduction oviparous
skeletonType bony fish
socialBehavior forms colonies
taxonRank genus

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heterocongridae notableGenus Gorgasia
Xenocongridae hasMember Gorgasia