Moringua

Moringua
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.