Moringuidae

Longfin spaghetti eel

Moringua macrochir

Twenty Centimeters Eel from Indo West Pacific

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Moringua macrochir, the longfin spaghetti eel, is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1855. It is a tropical, marine and freshwater eel which is known from Batu Island, Indonesia, and Christmas Island, in the eastern Indian Ocean.