Bengal spaghetti-eel

Moringua guthriana

Tropical
Estuary
Regional distribution
Brackish fish
South Asia
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The Bengal spaghetti-eel (Moringua guthriana) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti eels). It was described by John McClelland in 1844, originally under the genus Ptyobranchus. It is a tropical eel known from estuaries in the Ganges River, between India and Bangladesh.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Moringuidae
Genus: Moringua
Maximum length: 65 cm
Water: Brackish
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Asia: Gangetic estuary in India (ref. 94476 ), Bangladesh (Kar et al. 2017).

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