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Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)
Etymology: Anguilla: Latin, anguilla, .-ae = eel (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (1816–1882) was a Danish zoologist who was Director of the National Natural History Museum, Copenhagen. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.
Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde
Ekologi
marina; sötvatten; brackvatten bottenlevande; katadrom (Ref. 138138); djupintervall 0 - 3000 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical; 10°S - 43°S, 141°E - 161°E (Ref. 57367)
Asia and Oceania: New Guinea, eastern Australia, including Tasmania, Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia.
Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 165 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 82796); 158.0 cm TL (female); common length : 100.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 5259); publicerad maxvikt: 22.0 kg (Ref. 82796); rapporterad maxålder: 41 år (Ref. 6390)
Characterized by mottled color and tooth bands with a separated inner series. The only other species within its range with these characters is Anguilla marmorata, but that species has a longer dorsal fin (Ref. 9828).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Adults occur in coastal lagoons, rivers, streams, lakes, swamps and farm dams, but prefer riverine habitats (Ref. 26509, 44894). Usually found in deep waters of reservoirs well away from the shore. Mature adults undertake annual spawning migrations to oceanic waters (Ref. 44894). Mainly nocturnal feeders. They feed on crustaceans, mollusks, aquatic and terrestrial insects, fish including elvers and native trout. Maximum size for female longfin eel taken from Ref. 6390. A reasonably good angling fish which may grow to 22 kilograms (Ref. 44894).
Semelparous.
Allen, G.R., 1989. Freshwater fishes of Australia. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 5259)
Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Mänskliga användningsområden
Fiskeri: kommersiell; Vattenbruk: kommersiell; sportfisk: ja
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Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00076 (0.00037 - 0.00157), b=3.17 (3.00 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.56 se; based on food items. |
Resiliens (Ref. 120179) |
Mycket låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mer än 14 år (tm=8-30; tmax=41, Fec=5 million). |
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref. 59153) |
Very high vulnerability (87 of 100). 🛈 |
Priskategori (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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