Bengal spaghetti-eel
| Bengal spaghetti-eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Moringuidae |
| Genus: | Moringua |
| Species: | M. guthriana
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| Binomial name | |
| Moringua guthriana (McClelland, 1844)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Bengal spaghetti-eel[2] (Moringua guthriana) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti eels).[3] 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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Synonyms of Moringua arundinacea at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Moringua arundinacea at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Moringua arundinacea at www.fishbase.org.
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