Moringua macrochir, the longfin spaghetti eel, is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels).[1] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1855.[2] It is a tropical, marine and freshwater eel which is known from Batu Island, Indonesia, and Christmas Island, in the eastern Indian Ocean.

Moringua macrochir
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Moringuidae
Genus: Moringua
Species:
M. macrochir
Binomial name
Moringua macrochir
Bleeker, 1855

References

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  1. ^ Moringua macrochir at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Bleeker, P., 1855 [ref. 16842] Tweede bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Batoe-eilanden. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 9: 65-72.