Moringua macrochir
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Moringua macrochir | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Moringuidae |
Genus: | Moringua |
Species: | M. macrochir
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Binomial name | |
Moringua macrochir Bleeker, 1855
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Moringua macrochir, the longfin spaghetti eel, is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels).[1] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1855.[2] It is a tropical, marine and freshwater eel which is known from Batu Island, Indonesia, and Christmas Island, in the eastern Indian Ocean.
References
[edit]- ^ Moringua macrochir at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Bleeker, P., 1855 [ref. 16842] Tweede bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Batoe-eilanden. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 9: 65-72.