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Penn's thrush eel

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Penn's thrush eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Moringuidae
Genus: Moringua
Species:
M. penni
Binomial name
Moringua penni
Schultz, 1953

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

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  1. ^ Common names for Moringua penni at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Moringua penni at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ 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.