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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.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderAnguilliformes
  5. FamilyMoringuidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded3,193

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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)

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