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Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) Jellyman, D.J. and M.M. Bowen0 Modelling larval migration routes and spawning areas of anguillid eels of New Zealand and Australia. Amer. Fish. Soc. Symp. 69:255-274. (Ref. 138138) FB-GeneralDescr-11878 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-08-01 00:00:00 2025-10-22 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=11878 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Commonly found in lakes and rivers (Ref. 9258). Inhabits stony rivers (Ref. 9072). Migrates to the sea to breed. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Marketed fresh, smoked and frozen; eaten fried and broiled (Ref. 9988). Reports of reaching up to 2 meters and 50 kilograms are rare and more common historically; in recent times, only a few exceed 120 cm TL (Ref. 82796). Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.) 1994 Guide book to New Zealand commercial fish species. Revised edition. New Zealand Fishing Industry Board, Wellington, New Zealand, 216 p. (Ref. 9258) FB-Distribution-11878 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-08-01 00:00:00 2025-10-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11878 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand. Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.) 1994 Guide book to New Zealand commercial fish species. Revised edition. New Zealand Fishing Industry Board, Wellington, New Zealand, 216 p. (Ref. 9258) FB-Uses-11878 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-08-01 00:00:00 2025-10-22 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11878 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: experimental Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.) 1994 Guide book to New Zealand commercial fish species. Revised edition. New Zealand Fishing Industry Board, Wellington, New Zealand, 216 p. (Ref. 9258) Frimodt, C. 1995 Multilingual illustrated guide to the world's commercial coldwater fish. Fishing News Books, Osney Mead, Oxford, England. 215 p. (Ref. 9988) FB-Migration-11878 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-08-01 00:00:00 2025-10-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11878 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Catadromous. Migrating from freshwater to the sea to spawn, e.g., European eels. Subdivision of diadromous. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Jellyman, D.J. and M.M. Bowen 2009 Modelling larval migration routes and spawning areas of anguillid eels of New Zealand and Australia. Amer. Fish. Soc. Symp. 69:255-274. (Ref. 138138) FB-LifeCycle-11878 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1994-08-01 00:00:00 2025-10-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=11878&StockCode=12204 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Oviparous (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-Size-11878 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-08-01 00:00:00 2025-10-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11878 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology 185 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 44724)); 156 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 25.0 kg (Ref. 11115) Todd, P.R. 1980 Size and age of migrating New Zealand freshwater eels (<i>Anguilla</i> spp.). N.Z. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 14(3):283-293. (Ref. 44724) McDowall, R.M. 1990 Freshwater fishes and fisheries of New Zealand -The angler's el dorado. Aquat. Sci. 2(2):281-341. (Ref. 11115) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-11878 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1994-08-01 00:00:00 2025-10-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11878 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses demersal; catadromous (Ref. 138138); freshwater; brackish; marine Jellyman, D.J. and M.M. Bowen 2009 Modelling larval migration routes and spawning areas of anguillid eels of New Zealand and Australia. Amer. Fish. Soc. Symp. 69:255-274. (Ref. 138138)