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Moringua
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Moringua

Moringua is a genus of eels of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Moringuidae, the spaghetti eels. These eels occur in shallow tropical and subtropical waters.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species

Edwards' Spaghetti Eel

speciesMoringua edwardsi

Purple Spaghetti Eel

speciesMoringua raitaborua

Bengal Spaghetti Eel

speciesMoringua guthriana

Moringua macrocephala

speciesMoringua macrocephala

Moringua abbreviata

speciesMoringua abbreviata

Rusty Spaghetti Eel

speciesMoringua ferruginea

Longfin Spaghetti Eel

speciesMoringua macrochir

Lesser Spaghetti Eel

speciesMoringua microchir

Penn's Spaghetti Eel

speciesMoringua penni

Bicolour Spaghetti Eel

speciesMoringua bicolor

Hawaiian Spaghetti Eel

speciesMoringua hawaiiensis

Javan Spaghetti Eel

speciesMoringua javanica

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90044.