Longfin spaghetti eel

Moringua macrochir

Twenty Centimeters Eel from Indo West Pacific

Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Moringua macrochir, the longfin spaghetti eel, is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1855. It is a tropical, marine and freshwater eel which is known from Batu Island, Indonesia, and Christmas Island, in the eastern Indian Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Moringuidae
Genus: Moringua
Maximum length: 20 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Christmas Island, Philippines and Indonesia. Also recorded from China (questionable record).

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