Anguilla dieffenbachii

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Freshwater eels; Commonly found in lakes and rivers (Ref. 9258). Inhabits stony rivers[1]. Migrates to the sea to breed . Oviparous [2]. Marketed fresh, smoked and frozen; eaten fried and broiled[3].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water , brackish water, saltwater . Demersal .

Biology

Migration

Catadromous .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Anguilla ancestralis Ege • Anguilla celebensis Kaup • Anguilla cellebesensis Kaup • Anguilla Dieffenbachi • Anguilla dieffenbachi Gray • Anguilla dieffenbachi Gray, 1842

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Spelling of species Eschmeyer, pers. comm.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 17-Sep-1997

Similar Species

Members of the genus Anguilla

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. anguilla (European Eel) · A. anguilla rostrata (Freshwater Eel) · A. australis (Eel) · A. australis australis (Australian Short-Finned Eel) · A. bengalensis (African Mottled Eel) · A. bengalensis bengalensis (European Eel) · A. bengalensis labiata (African Mottled Eel) · A. bicolor (Indonesian Shortfin Ee) · A. bicolor bicolor (Amalona) · A. bicolor pacifica (Indian Short-Finned Eel) · A. celebesensis (Celebes Longfin Eel) · A. conger (New Zealand Longfin Eel) · A. dieffenbachii (New Zealand Longfin Eel) · A. interioris (Highlands Long-Finned Eel) · A. japonica (Freshwater Eel) · A. malgumora (Indonesian Longfinned Eel) · A. marmorata (Madagascar Mottled Eel) · A. megastoma (Polynesian Longfinned Eel) · A. mossambica (African Longfin Eel) · A. myriaster (Conger Eel) · A. nebulosa (African Mottled Eel) · A. nebulosa nebulosa (African Mottled Eel) · A. obscura (Pacific Shortfinned Freshwater Eel) · A. oceanica (American Conger) · A. pacifica (Indian Short-Finned Eel) · A. reinhardti (Australian Longfinned Eel) · A. reinhardtii (Australian Longfinned Eel) · A. rostrata (Freshwater Eel) · A. virescens (Highlands Rainbowfish)

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Further Reading

• A bibliography of fishes, New York, American Museum of Natural History, 1916-1923. url .
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 10, p. 253, p. 5.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 291, p. 302, p. 325, p. 99.
• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance IUCN url p. 272, p. 434.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 186.
• Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue, with diagnoses of the species, by Frederick Wollaston Hutton. .. Notes on the edible fishes, by James Hector. .. Wellington, N.Z., J. Hughes, printer, 1872. url p. 65.
• The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 119.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 119, p. 130.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Fricke, Ronald (from FishBase).
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset (South Western Pacific OBIS)
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 119972
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-34886
• Fishbase Species ID: 11878
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 635476
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102126

Footnotes

1. Annala, J.H. (comp.) (1994). Report from the Fishery Assessment Plenary, May 1994: stock assessments and yield estimates. Unpublished report held in MAF Fisheries Greta Point library, Wellington. 242 p. [back]
2. Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966). Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. [back]
3. Frimodt, C. (1995). Multilingual illustrated guide to the world's commercial coldwater fish. Fishing News Books, Osney Mead, Oxford, England. 215 p. [back]

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