Species: Gorgasia punctata, Dotted garden-eel, Peppered garden-eel

Gorgasia punctata Meek & Hildebrand, 1923

Peppered garden-eel, Dotted garden-eel

Body very elongate, compressed; tail much longer than head and trunk; head short, snout very short;  mouth oblique, relatively long (reaches under front of eye), lower jaw distinctly projecting; teeth in narrow bands or single rows, usually a single row on the roof of the mouth an rear of both jaws; top lip flange only on sides of snout; front nostrils (tubular) at front of snout, before lip flanges; rear nostril a hole before eye; pectoral fins relatively large (~ eye size); dorsal and anal fins not confluent around tail; tip of tail a hard round point, without obvious tail fin; lateral line complete; head pores well developed, easily visible; lateral line pores well separated, fewer than number of vertebrae.

Generally pale tan to whitish with numerous brown spots that are larger and more evenly spaced than in Heteroconger pelligrini.

Size: grows to at least 50 cm.

Habitat: sandy bottoms.

Depth: 5-30 m?

Southern Baja to Colombia.