Gorgasia sillneri — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Anguilliformes/Congridae/Gorgasia

At a glance

Occurrence records76

Data sources7

Biological traits4

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Gorgasia sillneri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility73 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System3 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS76 records

01Narrative

Gorgasia sillneri is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).Gorgasia sillneri at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Wolfgang Klausewitz in 1962.Klausewitz, W., 1962 (23 Nov.) [ref. 5985] Gorgasia sillneri, ein neuer Röhrenaal aus dem Roten Meer (Pisces, Apodes, Heterocongridae). Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 43 (no. 6): 433-435. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 83.8 cm.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length83.8 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Other traits1

Vulnerability53.52

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type76 records

Wild obs. + sensor57

Museum / vouchered18

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO136 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy84% within 1 km

≤100 m 22≤1 km 20≤10 km 6>10 km 2

50 georeferenced · 7 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor57

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 2

2 georeferenced · 16 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence18

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Frankfurt am Main	10
University of California San Diegolocation not on record	2
Paris, FR	1
National Natural History Collectionslocation not on record	1
SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Münchenlocation not on record	1

5 institutions · 15 of 18 vouchered records shown