Splendid Garden Eel.

The Splendid Garden Eel is a type of marine fish that lives in the Pacific Ocean. They grow up to 33 cm.

Splendid Garden Eel is also called Orangebarred Garden Eel (Scientific name 'Gorgasia preclara'). It exists at Indo-West Pacific Ocean from Maldives to New Guinea, south to Ryukyus and north through the Philippines where sandy reef flat is their favourite spots.

It requires a very deep sandy substrate (20 - 37 cm) in depth to avoid damage its tail, as it likes to retreat fully into their burrow if disturbed. It can grow up to 40 cm. It natural diet consists mainly of plankton.