Moringua Explained

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.

Species

Moringua contains these described species:

• Moringua abbreviata (Bleeker, 1863)
• Moringua bicolor Kaup, 1856
• Moringua edwardsi (D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1889) (spaghetti eel)
• Moringua ferruginea Bliss, 1883 (rusty spaghetti eel)
• Moringua guthriana (McClelland, 1844) (Bengal spaghetti eel)
• Moringua hawaiiensis Snyder, 1904
• Moringua javanica (Kaup, 1856) (Java spaghetti eel)
• Moringua macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1863)
• Moringua macrochir Bleeker, 1855
• Moringua microchir Bleeker, 1853 (lesser thrush eel)
• Moringua penni L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Penn's thrush eel)
• Moringua raitaborua (F. Hamilton, 1822) (purple spaghetti eel)