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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Moringuidae (Worm or spaghetti eels)
Etymology: More on authors: Jordan & Bollman.

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated. Subtropical

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Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida Keys (USA), and Bahamas to northern South America. Scarce in western Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 26938).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251); 50.0 cm TL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

A very, slender, elongate, cylindrical eel with a projecting lower jaw. Lateral line complete ending at base of tail. (Ref. 26938).

Young and females burrow in sandy tide pools and reef tracts. Males inhabit deeper water, possibly pelagic. Adults emerge at night and sometimes come to lights at the surface (Ref. 26938). Feed on burrowing invertebrates that live in the sand (Ref. 26938).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 January 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.8 - 28.2, mean 27.3 °C (based on 786 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5003 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 50 [20, 135] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.584 [0.290, 1.102] mg/100g ; Protein = 19.1 [16.8, 21.6] % ; Omega3 = 0.203 [0.081, 0.560] g/100g ; Selenium = 10.4 [4.1, 25.2] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 114 [26, 489] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.4 [0.8, 2.2] mg/100g (wet weight);

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