Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes | |
Similar Moringua bicolor, Moringua, Moringua edwardsi, Moringuidae, Purple spaghetti‑eel | ||
The short worm eel (Moringua abbreviata) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1863, originally under the genus Aphthalmichthys. It is a tropical marine eel found in the Indo-Pacific, including Laccadives, the Ryukyu Islands, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, and Indonesia. It is known to inhabit reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 33 cm.
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