Moringua guthriana, Bengal spaghetti-eel

Moringua guthriana (McClelland, 1844)

Bengal spaghetti-eel
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Moringuidae (Worm or spaghetti eels)
Eponymy: Colonel Charles Seton Guthrie (1808–1875) of the Bengal Engineers, a unit in the army of the Honourable East India Company (1828–1857), was a wealthy man and accumulated an impressive collection of Mughal art and artefacts as well as a famous [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: McClelland.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Brackish; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: Gangetic estuary in India (ref. 94476), Bangladesh (Kar et al. 2017).

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 65.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4832)

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Vertebrae: 115 - 130. Extremely elongate, relatively slender body, with depth 47-50 times in total length; head inconspicuous from rest of body, its length 10-12 times in total length; occipital crest not elevated (Ref. 4832).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in estuaries. No evidence that it occurs in marine waters (as of Nov. 2024)

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Kottelat, M., 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2013 (Suppl. 27):1-663. (Ref. 94476)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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