Scientific name : Gorgasia preclara
Family : Congridae
Size : Up to 40 cm
Depth : Up to 75 m
Distribution : Western Indo-Pacific tropical waters
Remarkable behaviour : It lives vertically stuck in the sand inside a hole that is longer than its body. This species frequents sandy areas subject to current where it eats the zooplankton that it catches by getting out a part of its body from the hole.
Biology : At the slightest warning, it buries itself completely in the sand. It lives alone or in small groups.
IUCN red list : Least concern
