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Short-finned Eel

Anguilla australis

Also known as: Australian Shortfin Glass Eel, Australian Short-finned Eel, Glass Eel, River Eel, Shortfin Eel, Shortfin Freshwater Eel, Short-finned Freshwater Eel, Silver Eel, Southern Shortfin Eel, Yellow Eel

NTNear ThreatenedIUCN Red List, 2019
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@fishx6 · Waipoua Forest, New Zealand · April 20171 / 6
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Overview

Found in still, or slow flowing lakes, streams, and swamps.

These eels that spend their adult life in freshwater migrating to the ocean to spawn.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Southwest Pacific
  • Country only · 6
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Found in still, or slow flowing lakes, streams, and swamps.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAnguilliformes
    5. familyAnguillidae
    6. genusAnguilla
    7. speciesAnguilla australis Richardson, 1841

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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