Short worm eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Moringuidae |
Genus: | Moringua |
Species: | M. abbreviata
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Binomial name | |
Moringua abbreviata (
Bleeker, 1863)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The short worm eel [2] (Moringua abbreviata) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti eels). [3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1863, originally under the genus Aphthalmichthys. [4] It is a tropical marine eel found in the Indo-Pacific, including Laccadives, the Ryukyu Islands, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, and Indonesia. It is known to inhabit reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 33 cm. [3]
Short worm eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Moringuidae |
Genus: | Moringua |
Species: | M. abbreviata
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Binomial name | |
Moringua abbreviata (
Bleeker, 1863)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The short worm eel [2] (Moringua abbreviata) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti eels). [3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1863, originally under the genus Aphthalmichthys. [4] It is a tropical marine eel found in the Indo-Pacific, including Laccadives, the Ryukyu Islands, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, and Indonesia. It is known to inhabit reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 33 cm. [3]