Moringua edwardsi facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Moringua edwardsi
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Moringua
Species:	edwardsi
Synonyms
Stilbiscus edwardsi Jordan & Bollman, 1889 Aphthalmichthys caribbeus Gill & Smith, 1900 Moringua caribbeus (Gill & Smith, 1900) Leptocephalus diptychus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1901 Mayerina mayeri Silvester, 1915 Aphthalmichthys mayeri (Silvester, 1915) Moringua boekei Metzelaar, 1919 Moringua boeki (Metzelaar, 1919) (misspelling) Anguillichthys bahamensis Mowbray, 1927 Stilbiscus bahamensis (Mowbray, 1927) Merinthichthys sanchezi Howell Rivero, 1934

Moringua edwardsi, the common spaghetti eel, is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Harvey Bollman in 1889, originally under the genus Stilbiscus. It is a subtropical, marine eel known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Florida, Venezuela, the Virgin Islands, British, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. Males can reach a maximum total length of 15 cm, while females can reach a maximum of 50 cm. The eels feed primarily off of burrowing invertebrates.

Due to its wide distribution and lack of known threats, the IUCN redlist currently lists M. edwardsi as Least Concern.