Moringua bicolor, the bicolor spaghetti eel, is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels).[2] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856.[3] It is a marine eel known from Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the Laccadive Sea, in the Indo-West Pacific. It dwells in temperate waters at a known depth of 3 m (9.8 ft).[2]

Moringua bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Moringuidae
Genus: Moringua
Species:
M. bicolor
Binomial name
Moringua bicolor
Kaup, 1856
Synonyms[1]
  • Moringua bicolour Kaup, 1856

Moringua bicolor is the first moringuid eel to be described from Japan.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Synonyms of Moringua bicolor at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Moringua bicolor at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Kaup, J. J., 1856 [ref. 2572] Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (no. 1): 41-77.
  4. ^ Aizawa, M., 1992. First record of a worm eel, Moringua bicolor (Pisces: Moringuidae) from Japan. I.O.P. Div. News 3(1):2-3.