Biology:Purple spaghetti-eel
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Moringuidae |
| Genus: | Moringua |
| Species: | M. raitaborua
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| Binomial name | |
| Moringua raitaborua (Hamilton, 1822)
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The purple spaghetti-eel[2] (Moringua raitaborua) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels).[3] It was described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, originally under the genus Muraena.[4] It is a tropical eel known from India , Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia, and the Philippines . It inhabits rivers and estuaries (including ones in West Bengal, linked to the Ganges River), and has adapted to rapid and wide changes in salinity, pH, and osmoregulatory and hypoxic conditions.[5] Males can reach a maximum standard length of 44 cm.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Moringua raitaborua at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Moringua raitaborua at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Moringua raitaborua at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Hamilton, F., 1822 [ref. 2031] An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39.
- ↑ Histology and morphometry of the skin of purple spaghetti-eel Moringua raitaborua (Anguilliformes, Moringuidae)
Wikidata ☰ Q2092401 entry
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