The dotted garden eel (Gorgasia punctata), also known as the peppered garden eel, is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Seth Eugene Meek and Samuel Frederick Hildebrand in 1923.Meek, S. E. and S. F. Hildebrand, 1923 (20 Dec.) [ref. 2963] The marine fishes of Panama. Part I. Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 15 (publ. 215): i-xi + 1-330, Pls. 1-24. It is a nonmigratory tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.Gorgasia punctata at the IUCN redlist. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
Due to the widespread distribution of the species, as well its lack of known threats and observed population declines, the IUCN Red List currently lists the dotted garden eel as Least Concern.
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