Spaghetti Eel
Moringua edwardsi
- Group: Eel
- Max size: 15 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
Long, thin and worm like, the spaghetti eel spends its days buried in sand on reef flats and tide pools, emerging at night to hunt. Females and young dig in the shallows while males live deeper, and the family is built for a head first burrowing life with a hardened, blunt snout.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Anguilliformes › Moringuidae › Moringua
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 158578.
FAQ
- Is the Spaghetti Eel dangerous to divers?
- The Spaghetti Eel is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Spaghetti Eel get?
- The Spaghetti Eel grows to about 15 cm.