Pacific spaghetti eel
 The Pacific spaghetti eel (Gorgasia japonica) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Tokiharu Abe M. Miki and Minoru Asai in 1977. It is a marine temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the northwestern and southwestern Pacific Ocean including Japan (from which its species epithet is derived) and New Zealand. It dwells at a maximum depth of 30 metres (98 ft). It is non-migratory and inhabits sand flats near reefs.