| Moringua | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Moringuidae |
| Genus: | Moringua J. E. Gray, 1831 |
Moringua is a genus of eels of the family Moringuidae that occur in shallow tropical and subtropical waters. It contains these described species:
- Moringua abbreviata (Bleeker, 1863)
- Moringua arundinacea (McClelland, 1844) (Bengal spaghetti eel)
- Moringua bicolor Kaup, 1856
- Moringua edwardsi (D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1889) (spaghetti eel)
- Moringua ferruginea Bliss, 1883 (rusty spaghetti eel)
- Moringua javanica (Kaup, 1856) (Java spaghetti eel)
- Moringua macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1863)
- Moringua macrochir Bleeker, 1855
- Moringua microchir Bleeker, 1853 (lesser thrush eel)
- Moringua penni L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Penn's thrush eel)
- Moringua raitaborua (F. Hamilton, 1822) (purple spaghetti eel)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Moringua in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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