Moringua
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Moringua
| image =Moringua.jpg
| authority = Gray, 1831
| type_species = Moringua linearis
| type_species_authority = Gray, 1831{{Cof family|family=Moringuidae|access-date=8 November 2024}}
| synonyms = {{Genus list
| Anguillichthys | Mowbray in Breder, 1927
| Aphthalmichthys | Kaup, 1856
| Mayerina | Silvester, 1915
| Merinthichthys | Howell-Rivero, 1934
| Pachyurus | Swainson, 1839
| Pseudomoringua | Bleeker, 1864
| Pterurus | Swainson, 1839
| Ptyobranchus | McClelland, 1844
| Rataboura | Gray, 1831
| Stilbiscus | D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1889
}}
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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:{{Cof genus|genus=Moringua|access-date=8 November 2024}}
- 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)
References
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- {{FishBase genus |genus= Moringua| month = June| year = 2011}}
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Category:Ray-finned fish genera
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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