Rusty spaghetti eel
| Rusty spaghetti eel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Moringuidae |
| Genus: | Moringua |
| Species: | M. ferruginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Moringua ferruginea Bliss, 1883 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The rusty spaghetti eel, also known as the rusty worm eel, the slender worm eel, or the intermediate thrush-eel[2] (Moringua ferruginea) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels).[3] It was described by Richard Bliss Jr. in 1883.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific region, including East Africa, Easter Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Australia, and Micronesia. It leads a benthic lifestyle, burrowing into sandy regions in reefs at a depth range of 1–40 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 140 cm.[3]
References
- ^ Synonyms of Moringua ferruginea at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Moringua ferruginea at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Moringua ferruginea at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Bliss, R., 1883 [ref. 16966] Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.) v. 13: 45–63.