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Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841

Short-finned eel
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Anguilla australis
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Tahiti country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Specimen of A. australis in Hamburg Museum (Ref. 7187) may not have originated from Tahiti or may have been a straggler.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Marquet, G., 1992
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)
Etymology: Anguilla: Latin, anguilla, .-ae = eel (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

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