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Splendid Garden Eel or Orangebarred Garden Eel

Gorgasia preclara

Description:

szize up to 33 - 40 cm; They requires a very deep sandy substrate (20 – 37 cm in depth). It likes to retreat fully into its burrow if disturbed

Habitat:

aqua terra zoo Vienna, in the wilde: Indo-West Pacific Ocean from Maldives to New Guinea, south to Ryukyus and north through the Philippines where sandy, flat reefs are their favourite spots (Wikipedia)

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5 Comments

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 11 years ago

do the moo-shoo!!!!!!!
[anyone watch top 10 veggietales countdown you'll know wat i mean

Saarbrigger
Saarbrigger 12 years ago

Thanks for the nice comments. It was amazing to watch them.

NicoleB
NicoleB 12 years ago

These are cool :-D!

Lee5
Lee5 12 years ago

What a great shot. I have never seen anything like this.

KatCuff
KatCuff 12 years ago

Cool!

Saarbrigger
Spotted by
Saarbrigger

Wien, Wien, Austria

Spotted on Jan 4, 2012
Submitted on Jan 8, 2012

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