Gorgasia punctata (Meek and Hildebrand 1923; Rosenblatt 1967; 50cm) is the dotted garden eel. This basal rayfin fish is a lancelet mimic, burrowing tail first in soft sand, rising to feed on plankton currents, never leaving its burrow. Here it nests with deep sea Snyderia. Reproduction is by external fertilization. Juveniles swim freely for the first year. Colonies burrow together.