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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Gorgasia |
| Species: | G. cotroneii
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| Binomial name | |
| Gorgasia cotroneii (D'Ancona, 1928)
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Etymology
editThe 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
edit- ^ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gorgasia cotroneii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199406A2592077. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199406A2592077.en. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gorgasia cotroneii". FishBase.
- ^ D'Ancona, U. (1928). 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 (in Italian). Vol. 146. Memoria, Comitato Talassografico Italiano.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (30 August 2024). "Family CONGRIDAE Kaup 1856 (Conger Eels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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