slender worm-eel

Moringua ferruginea

Eel in Easter Island

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The rusty spaghetti eel, also known as the rusty worm eel, the slender worm eel, or the intermediate thrush-eel (Moringua ferruginea) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels). It was described by Richard Bliss Jr. in 1883.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Moringuidae
Genus: Moringua
Maximum length: 140 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Easter Island, north to the Ryukyus, south to Australia. Throughout Micronesia (Ref. 1602 ).

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