Lesser thrush eel (Moringua microchir)

Scientific name: Moringua microchir Bleeker, 1853

Lesser thrush eel (Moringua microchir)

The Lesser thrush eel (Moringua microchir) is a brackish-water fish of the family Moringuidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, East Africa to Samoa, north to the Ryukyus, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef.

Biology

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.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Moringua microchir
Family
Moringuidae (Worm or spaghetti eels)
Order
Anguilliformes (Eels and Morays)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
47.0
Depth range
3–20 m (10–66 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 20 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Samoa, north to the Ryukyus, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries:

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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