Moringuidae

E230950

Moringuidae is a family of slender, burrowing eels commonly known as spaghetti or worm eels, found in tropical and subtropical marine and brackish waters.

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Label Occurrences
Moringuidae canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family
ray-finned fish family
taxonomic family
behavior burrowing
belongsToGroup eels
bodyShape slender
class Actinopterygii
commonName spaghetti eels
worm eels
distribution tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean
tropical regions of the Indian Ocean
tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean
ecologicalRole invertebrate predator
eggType pelagic eggs
environment coastal waters
estuaries
feedingType carnivorous
finCharacteristic reduced fins
habitat brackish waters
subtropical marine waters
tropical marine waters
hasCharacteristic elongated body
reduced or absent scales
small head
hasMemberGenus Moringua
Moringuichthys
Neenchelys
Neoconger
Pseudomoringua
hasNotochord true
hasVertebralColumn true
isMotile true
kingdom Animalia
larvalForm leptocephalus
lifestyle benthic
microhabitat mud substrates
sand substrates
seagrass beds
namedAfter genus Moringua
order Anguilliformes
parentTaxon Anguilliformes
phylum Chordata
reproduction oviparous
respiration gills
skeletonType bony
symmetry bilateral symmetry
taxonRank family

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Subject: Moringuidae
Description of subject: Moringuidae is a family of slender, burrowing eels commonly known as spaghetti or worm eels, found in tropical and subtropical marine and brackish waters.

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anguilliformes includes Moringuidae