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Moringua microchir in Seychelles
Lesser thrush eel

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Moringua microchir   Bleeker, 1853
Family:	Moringuidae (Worm or spaghetti eels)			picture (Momic_u0.jpg) by Pöllabauer, C.
Order:	Anguilliformes  (eels and morays)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Lesser thrush eel
Max. size:	47.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 57749)
Environment:	reef-associated ; depth range 3 - 20 m
Climate:	tropical; 30°N - 15°S
Global Importance:	fisheries:
Resilience:
Distribution:	Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Samoa, north to the Ryukyus, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef.
Diagnosis:	Vertebrae: 105-113. Body depth 36-51 times the total length (TL) . Head length 10-15 times TL. Dorsal and anal fins continuous with caudal, clearly behind the anus. Distances from snout to dorsal origin, from snout to anal origin and from snout to anus are 75%, 69% and 67% of TL, respectively. Small pectoral fins. 63 pores along the lateral line from head to anus. Adults all brown on the back and lighter on the belly; juveniles have an orange-yellow back and a bluish belly. Specimens in the rivers can reach 47 cm TL (Ref. 57749).
Biology:	Occurs in estuaries and lower parts of the rivers at juvenile and immature adult stages in slow-running waters on sandy bottoms. Mature females stay on shallow marine bottoms; males are pelagic. Reproduction occurs offshore. Leptocephali migrate to the littoral to follow up with their growth. Feeds on fish and invertebrates, especially crustaceans (Ref. 57749)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Castle, P.H.J.. 1986. (Ref. 5501)
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Seychelles country information
Common names:	Anguille spaghetti		Ref:  Keith, P., G. Marquet, P. Valade, P. Bosc and E. Vigneux, 2006
Status:	native		Ref:  Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith, 1963
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	live export:
Comments:	Also Ref. 33390.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/se.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Keith, P., G. Marquet, P. Valade, P. Bosc and E. Vigneux, 2006
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	Modified:  Busson, Frédéric	Entered:  Garilao, Cristina V.

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