Moringua microchir Red Spagetthi Eel

Moringua microchiris commonly referred to as Red Spagetthi Eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

1877 

AphiaID:

217459 

Scientific:

Moringua microchir 

German:

Roter Spaghettiaal 

English:

Red Spagetthi Eel 

Category:

Eel-like 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Moringuidae (Family) > Moringua (Genus) > microchir (Species) 

Initial determination:

Bleeker, 1853 

Occurrence:

American Samoa, Arabian Sea, Australia, East Africa, Great Barrier Reef, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Jamaica, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, South-Africa, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

3 - 20 Meter 

Size:

up to 18.5" (47 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes) 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Moringua abbreviata
• Moringua bicolor
• 
  Moringua edwardsi
  Spaghettiaal
• Moringua ferruginea
• Moringua guthriana
• Moringua hawaiiensis
• Moringua javanica
• Moringua macrocephalus
• Moringua macrochir
• 
  Moringua microchir
  Roter Spaghettiaal
• Moringua penni
• Moringua raitaborua
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2006-03-15 20:58:16 

Last edit:

2007-05-10 01:02:48 

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