The Hawaiian garden eelCommon names of Gorgasia hawaiiensis at www.fishbase.org. (Gorgasia hawaiiensis) is a species of eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).Gorgasia hawaiiensis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by John Ernest Randall and James Robert Chess in 1980.Randall, J. E. and J. R. Chess, 1980 [ref. 6924] A new species of garden eel (Congridae: Heterocongrinae) of the genus Gorgasia from Hawaii. Pacific Science v. 33 (no. 1): 17–23. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Hawaiian archipelago (from which its species epithet is derived), in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It is non-migratory, and is thought to be restricted to the region. It dwells at a depth range of , and leads a benthic life, forming burrows in sand. Males can reach a maximum standard length of .
This eel appears during sunrise and returns to its burrow around sunset, making it a diurnal animal. Although burrows of this eel are more abundant in shallow water, larger burrows belonging to this eel can be found in deeper water.
The Hawaiian garden eel's diet consists of zoobenthos.Food items reported for Gorgasia hawaiiensis at www.fishbase.org.
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