Moringua bicolor
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Moringuidae |
| Genus: | Moringua |
| Species: | M. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Moringua bicolor Kaup, 1856 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Moringua bicolor, the bicolor spaghetti eel, is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels).[2] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856.[3] It is a marine eel known from Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the Laccadive Sea, in the Indo-West Pacific. It dwells in temperate waters at a known depth of 3 m (9.8 ft).[2]
Moringua bicolor is the first moringuid eel to be described from Japan.[4]
References
- ^ Synonyms of Moringua bicolor at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Moringua bicolor at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Kaup, J. J., 1856 [ref. 2572] Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (no. 1): 41-77.
- ^ Aizawa, M., 1992. First record of a worm eel, Moringua bicolor (Pisces: Moringuidae) from Japan. I.O.P. Div. News 3(1):2-3.