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Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841

Short-finned eel
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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

Anguille d'Australie, Anguila australiana, Southern shortfin eel, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | 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 Ecologia

marinhas; Água doce; estuarina bentopelágico; catádromo (Ref. 9258); intervalo de profundidade 0 - 3000 m (Ref. 86942).   Subtropical; 18°S - 47°S, 140°E - 168°E

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Southwest Pacific: east coast of Australia and New Zealand, extending north to New Caledonia. Museum records from Fiji and Tahiti are doubtful. Australian and New Zealand forms sometimes recognized as subspecies. Most easily confused with Anguilla obscura and the surest way of distinguishing them is to count the vertebrae. Reported from Western and American Samoa (Ref. 592).

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 130 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 40637); 106.5 cm TL (female); common length : 45.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9258); common length :65 cm TL (female); peso máx. Publicado: 7.5 kg (Ref. 40637); Idade máx. registada: 32 anos (Ref. 6390)

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Occurs in streams, lakes and swamps. More likely inhabits slow flowing streams or still waters (Ref. 26509). Feeds on fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, worms, aquatic plants, and terrestrial and aquatic insects. This species does not breed outside its Pacific spawning ground. Migrates to the sea to breed (Ref. 9258). Maximum length for female eel taken from Ref. 6390. Migrating females in Lake Ellesmere (Canterbury, New Zealand) were reported to be in the range of 48.3 to 102.4 cm, larger than for males 33.8 to 55.4 cm (Ref. 44724). Despite its slimy appearance, its flesh is of excellent quality, considered a delicacy in many countries; meat suitable for smoking (Ref. 33839).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Allen, G.R., 1989. Freshwater fishes of Australia. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 5259)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Quase ameaçada (NT) ; Date assessed: 06 November 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

  Harmless




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