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Rusty spaghetti eel

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionNov 18, 2024
Entity authorityQ2546259 ↗
Source-derived summary

The rusty spaghetti eel, also known as the rusty worm eel, the slender worm eel, or the intermediate thrush-eel (Moringua ferruginea) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels). It was described by Richard Bliss Jr. in 1883. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific region, including East Africa, Easter Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Australia, and Micronesia. It leads a benthic lifestyle, burrowing into sandy regions in reefs at a depth range of 1–40 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 140 cm.

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Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1883—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Rusty, spaghetti and species is the immediate research focus.
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