The Klausewitz's garden eel[1] (Gorgasia klausewitzi) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Jean-Claude Quéro and Luiz Vieria Caldas Saldanha in 1995.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel, which is known from the Indian Ocean, including the Andaman Islands, Réunion, Mauritius, and the Comoros Islands. It dwells at a depth range of 170mto225mm (560feetto738feetm), and forms large colonies consisting of hundreds of individual eels. Males can reach a maximum total length of 75.1cm (29.6inches).[2]
The fish is named in honor of German ichthyologist Wolfgang Klausewitz garden eel expert, who encouraged the authors to describe this species of eel.[4]