Moringua raitaborua

Purple spaghetti-eel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Moringuidae
Genus:	Moringua
Species:	M. raitaborua
Binomial name
	Moringua raitaborua; (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
	Muraena raitaborua Hamilton, 1822; Moringua rataboura (Hamilton, 1822);

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.
^ ^a ^b Moringua raitaborua at www.fishbase.org.
^ Hamilton, F., 1822 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)

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[1] Synonyms of Moringua raitaborua at www.fishbase.org.

[2] Common names for Moringua raitaborua at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-3] Moringua raitaborua at www.fishbase.org.

[Hamilton,_1822-4] Hamilton, F., 1822 An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39.

[5] Histology and morphometry of the skin of purple spaghetti-eel Moringua raitaborua (Anguilliformes, Moringuidae)

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Taxon identifiers
Moringua raitaborua	Wikidata: Q2092401 CoL: 73Q22 FishBase: 17226 GBIF: 2403035 iNaturalist: 617514 IRMNG: 10761171 ITIS: 635863 IUCN: 166490 NCBI: 2024386 Observation.org: 792355 OBIS: 275439 Open Tree of Life: 3643623 WoRMS: 275439
Muraena raitaborua	Wikidata: Q106438093 CoL: 44L69 GBIF: 2403037 IRMNG: 11081811 ITIS: 635616 WoRMS: 299662