Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Moringuidae Worm or spaghetti eels

Genus: Moringua

(See list of species below)


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12 species (see list below)
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Photo by Shao, K.T.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 33 cm TL
Moringua abbreviata (Bleeker, 1863)

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Moringua abbreviata
[]

Photo by Allen, G.R.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Moringua bicolor Kaup, 1856

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Moringua bicolor
[Bicolor spaghetti eel]

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman, 1889)

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Moringua edwardsi
[Spaghetti eel]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 140 cm TL
Moringua ferruginea Bliss, 1883

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Moringua ferruginea
[Rusty spaghetti eel]
No picture found

Max. Length 65 cm TL
 
Moringua guthriana
[Bengal spaghetti-eel]
No picture found

Max. Length 45.4 cm SL
 
Moringua hawaiiensis
[Hawaiian spaghetti eel]

Photo by SFSA

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 120 cm TL
Moringua javanica (Kaup, 1856)

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Moringua javanica
[Java spaghetti eel]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Western Pacific
Max. Length 36.5 cm SL
Moringua macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1863)

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Moringua macrocephalus
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Moringua macrochir Bleeker, 1853

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Moringua macrochir
[Longfin spaghetti eel]

Photo by Pöllabauer, C.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 47 cm TL
Moringua microchir Bleeker, 1853

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Moringua microchir
[Lesser thrush eel]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.1 cm TL
 
Moringua penni
[Penn's thrush eel]

Photo by Bucol, A.A.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 44 cm SL
Moringua raitaborua (Hamilton, 1822)

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Moringua raitaborua
[Purple spaghetti-eel]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Moringua abbreviata Indo-Pacific 33 TL 1863
Moringua bicolor Bicolor spaghetti eel Indo-West Pacific 40 TL 1856
Moringua edwardsi Spaghetti eel Western Atlantic 50 TL 1889
Moringua ferruginea Rusty spaghetti eel Indo-Pacific 140 TL 1883
Moringua guthriana Bengal spaghetti-eel Eastern Indian Ocean 65 TL 1844
Moringua hawaiiensis Hawaiian spaghetti eel Central Pacific 45.4 SL 1904
Moringua javanica Java spaghetti eel Indo-Pacific 120 TL 1856
Moringua macrocephalus Western Pacific 36.5 SL 1863
Moringua macrochir Longfin spaghetti eel Indo-West Pacific 20 TL 1853
Moringua microchir Lesser thrush eel Indo-West Pacific 47 TL 1853
Moringua penni Penn's thrush eel Western Central Pacific 10.1 TL 1953
Moringua raitaborua Purple spaghetti-eel Eastern Indian Ocean 44 SL 1822



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