Penn's thrush eel
Appearance
Penn's thrush eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Moringuidae |
Genus: | Moringua |
Species: | M. penni
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Binomial name | |
Moringua penni Schultz, 1953
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Penn's thrush eel[1] (Moringua penni) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels).[2] It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1953.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Papua New Guinea, in the western central Pacific Ocean.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Common names for Moringua penni at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Moringua penni at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Schultz, L. P., E. S. Herald, E. A. Lachner, A. D. Welander and L. P. Woods, 1953 [ref. 3975] Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74.