FB-2603 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2603 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anguilliformes Moringuidae Moringua Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman, 1889) Szpagietka bahamska Štíhlouš edwardsův Spaghetti eel Spaghetti Eel Spaghetti eels Edwardsi vagelangerjas Matoankerias морингуа Espagueti Morenita Morenita de arena Morenita serpiente 愛氏蚓鰻 爱氏蚓鳗 Anguillichthys bahamensis Mowbray, 1927 Aphthalmichthys caribbeus Gill & Smith, 1900 Aphthalmichthys mayeri (Silvester, 1915) Leptocephalus diptychus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1901 Mayerina mayeri Silvester, 1915 Merinthichthys sanchezi Howell Rivero, 1934 Moringua boekei Metzelaar, 1919 Moringua boeki Metzelaar, 1919 Moringua caribbeus (Gill & Smith, 1900) Stilbiscus bahamensis (Mowbray, 1927) Stilbiscus edwardsi Jordan & Bollman, 1889 1991-05-01 2001-01-15 Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott0 A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. 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(Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-2603 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2001-01-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2603 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Young and females burrow in sandy tide pools and reef tracts. Males inhabit deeper water, possibly pelagic. Adults emerge at night and sometimes come to lights at the surface (Ref. 26938). Feed on burrowing invertebrates that live in the sand (Ref. 26938). Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251) FB-DiagnosticDescr-2603 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-01-15 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2603 A very, slender, elongate, cylindrical eel with a projecting lower jaw. Lateral line complete ending at base of tail. (Ref. 26938). Smith, C.L. 1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938) FB-Distribution-2603 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2603 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida Keys (USA), and Bahamas to northern South America. Scarce in western Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 26938). Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251) FB-TrophicStrategy-2603 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2001-02-05 00:00:00 2008-03-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public edwardsi http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Young and females burrow in sandy tidepools and reef tracts. Males inhabit deeper water, possibly pelagic. Adults emerge at night and sometimes come to lights at the surface (Ref. 26938). Feed on burrowing invertebrates that live in the sand. Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. 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