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Gorgasia  Meek and Hildebrand, 1923
Taxonomic Serial No.: 161399

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderElopomorpha   
                            OrderAnguilliformes  – eels, anguilles  
                               SuborderCongroidei   
                                  FamilyCongridae  – conger eels, congers, congres, congrios  
                                     SubfamilyHeterocongrinae  – garden eels  
                                        GenusGorgasia Meek and Hildebrand, 1923  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Gorgasia barnesi Robison and Lancraft, 1984  
                                           Species Gorgasia cotroneii (D'Ancona, 1928)  
                                           Species Gorgasia galzini Castle and Randall, 1999  
                                           Species Gorgasia hawaiiensis Randall and Chess, 1979  
                                           Species Gorgasia inferomaculata (Blache, 1977)  
                                           Species Gorgasia japonica Abe, Miki and Asai, 1977  
                                           Species Gorgasia klausewitzi Quéro and Saldanha, 1995  
                                           Species Gorgasia maculata Klausewitz and Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959  
                                           Species Gorgasia naeocepaea (Böhlke, 1951)  
                                           Species Gorgasia preclara Böhlke and Randall, 1981  
                                           Species Gorgasia punctata Meek and Hildebrand, 1923 – peppered garden eel, congrio punteado 
                                           Species Gorgasia sillneri Klausewitz, 1962  
                                           Species Gorgasia taiwanensis Shao, 1990  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Gorgasia   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Gorgasia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Gorgasia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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