Gorgasia cotroneii

Gorgasia cotroneii is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Umberto D'Ancona in 1928, originally under the genus Leptocephalus.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean.[2]

Gorgasia cotroneii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gorgasia
Species:
G. cotroneii
Binomial name
Gorgasia cotroneii
(D'Ancona, 1928)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptocephalus cotroneii D'Ancona, 1928

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Italian zoologist Giulio Cotronei (1885–1962), who was Director of the Institute of Comparative Anatomy, R. Università di Roma, where describer D’Ancona was based.[4]

References

  1. Synonyms of Gorgasia cotroneii at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Gorgasia cotroneii at www.fishbase.org.
  3. D'Ancona, U., 1928 [ref. 15917] Murenoidi (Apodes) del Mar Rosso e del Golfo di Aden. Materiali raccolti dal Prof. Luigi Sanzo nella Campagna della R. N. "Ammiraglio Magnaghi" 1923-24. Memoria, Comitato Talassografico Italiano No. 146: 1-146, Pls. 1-5.
  4. The Etyfish Project


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