Moringua hawaiiensis
Appearance
Moringua hawaiiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Moringuidae |
Genus: | Moringua |
Species: | M. hawaiiensis
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Binomial name | |
Moringua hawaiiensis Snyder, 1904
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Moringua hawaiiensis, the Hawaiian spaghetti-eel, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Moringuidae. the spaghetti-eels. This eel is found in the Central Pacific Ocean where it has been recorded from the Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Island. It also probably occurs at Easter Island and other islands of Polynesia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2023). "Moringua hawaiiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T103693476A103693623. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T103693476A103693623.en. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Moringua hawaiiensis". FishBase. June 2024 version.