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Moringua guthriana (McClelland, 1844)

Bengal spaghetti-eel
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India country information

Common names: Bengal spaghetti-eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Importance: of no interest | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Gangetic estuary.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Štíhlouš bengálský, 苇蚓鳗, Bengalsk spaghettiål, ... more

Classification / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | Catalog of Fishes(গণ , প্রজাতি ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Moringuidae (Worm or spaghetti eels)
Etymology:   More on author: McClelland.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range বাস্তুসংস্থান

; ঈষৎ লোনা তলদেশ বিহারী.   Tropical

বিতরণ দেশ সমূহ | এফ এ ও এলাকাসমূহ | বাস্তুতন্ত্র | দৃষ্টিগোচর | Point map | প্রচলন | Faunafri

Eastern Indian Ocean: Gangetic estuary in India; and probably Bangladesh.

আকৃতি / ওজন / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 65.0 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 4832)

Short description সনাক্তকারী নির্দেশক | বহিঃ অঙ্গ সংস্থান | মরফোমেট্রিক্স

কশেরুকা : 115 - 130. Extremely elongate, relatively slender body, with depth 47-50 times in total length; head inconspicuous from rest of body, its length 10-12 times in total length; occipital crest not elevated (Ref. 4832).

জীববিজ্ঞান     শব্দকোষ (উদাহরণ স্বরূপ epibenthic)

Occurs in estuaries.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | প্রজনন | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | শুককীট

Main reference Upload your references | সূত্র সংখ্যা | সমম্বয়কারী | সহযোগী

Kottelat, M., 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2013 (Suppl. 27):1-663. (Ref. 94476)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

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