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Bengal spaghetti-eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Moringuidae
Genus: Moringua
Species: M. guthriana
Binomial name
Moringua guthriana
(McClelland, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Ptyobranchus arundinaceus McClelland, 1844
  • Moringua arundinacea (McClelland, 1844)

The Bengal spaghetti-eel (Moringua guthriana) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti eels). It was described by John McClelland in 1844, originally under the genus Ptyobranchus. It is a tropical eel known from estuaries in the Ganges River, between India and Bangladesh. Males can reach a maximum total length of 65 cm.

References

  1. Synonyms of Moringua arundinacea at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Moringua arundinacea at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Moringua arundinacea at www.fishbase.org.
Taxon identifiers
Moringua arundinacea


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