eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
in the family
Moringuidae
The Moringuidae are a small family of eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the e ...
(spaghetti/worm eels).''Neoconger tuberculatus'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by
Peter Henry John Castle
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in 1965, originally under the genus ''
Leptocephalus
Leptocephalus (meaning "slim head") is the flat and transparent larva of the eel, marine eels, and other members of the superorder Elopomorpha. This is one of the most diverse groups of teleosts, containing 801 species in 4 orders, 24 families, ...
''.Castle, P. H. J., 1965 (16 Sept.) ef. 9203''Moringuid leptocephali in Australasian waters.'' Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand Zoology v. 7 (no. 7): 125-133. It is a
marine
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temperate
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water-dwelling eel
endemic
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to
Australia
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