Bengal spaghetti-eel

Bengal spaghetti-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Moringuidae
Genus: Moringua
Species: M. arundinacea
Binomial name
Moringua arundinacea
(McClelland, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ptyobranchus arundinaceus McClelland, 1844

The Bengal spaghetti-eel[2] (Moringua arundinacea) 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]

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