Overview
Family : Freshwater eels; Occur in streams , lakes and swamps . More likely inhabits slow flowing streams or still waters [1]. Feed on fishes , crustaceans, mollusks, worms, aquatic plants , and terrestrial and aquatic insects. This species does not breed outside of its Pacific spawning ground . Migrates to the sea to breed (Ref. 9258). Maximum length for female eel taken from Ref. 6390. Despite its slimy appearance , its flesh is of excellent quality, considered a delicacy in many countries; meat suitable for smoking[2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Agutaynen:
Almang
Common Names in Cebuano:
Casili, Kasili
Common Names in Danish:
Australsk
Common Names in Davawenyo:
Kasili
Common Names in Dutch:
Australische Zwelhaai
Common Names in English:
Australian Short-Finned Eel, Australian Eel, Australian Sea Pike, Australian Shortfin Eel, Australian Shortfinned Eel, Eel, River Eel, Short-Finned Eel, Short-Finned Freshwater Eel, Shortfin Eel, Shortfinned Eel, Shortfinned Freshwater Eel, Silver Eel, Tuna
Common Names in French:
Anguille D'australie
Common Names in Ibanag:
Kibo
Common Names in Javanese:
Gatet, Lumbon, Pelus, Sidang, Sidat, Uling
Common Names in Kagayanen:
Ubod-Ubod
Common Names in Kuyunon:
Endong
Common Names in Malay:
Lembu, Moa
Common Names in Polish:
Wegorz Australijsko-Nowozelandzki
Common Names in Portuguese:
Enguia-Australiana
Common Names in Russian:
Novozelandskiy Ugor'
Common Names in Samoan:
Tuna
Common Names in Spanish:
Anguila Australiana, Gatet
Common Names in Swedish:
Australisk
Common Names in Tagalog:
Igat
Common Names in Waray-waray:
Kasili
Description
Physical Description
Species Anguilla australis australis
Males are commonly 45 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 130 cm (Total Length). Feales are commonly 65 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 106 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).[3]
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Migration
Catadromous .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Elopomorpha
()
- Greenwood et al., 1966
- Order:
Anguilliformes
()
- Suborder:
Anguilloidei
()
-
- Family:
Anguillidae
()
- Genus:
Anguilla
()
- Schrank, 1798
- Specific name:
australis
- Subspecies:
australis
- Scientific name: - Anguilla australis australis
- Subspecies:
australis
- Specific name:
australis
- Genus:
Anguilla
(
- Family:
Anguillidae
(
- Suborder:
Anguilloidei
(
- Order:
Anguilliformes
(
- Cohort:
Elopomorpha
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Anguilla australis (Non Richardson • Anguilla australis Richardson • Muraena australis (Richardson
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
- Allen, G.R. (1989). Freshwater fishes of Australia. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey.
- Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul, Editors. (1994). Guide book to New Zealand commercial fish species. Revised edition. New Zealand Fishing Industry Board, Wellington, New Zealand. 216 p.
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
- Food and Agriculture Organization (1992). FAO yearbook 1990. Fishery statistics. Catches and landings. FAO Fish. Ser. (38). FAO Stat. Ser. 70:(105):647 p.
- Herre, A.W.C.T. (1923). A review of the eels of the Philippine archipelago. Philipp. J. Sci. 23(2):123-236.
- IGFA (2001). Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA.
- Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve (1993). Australian fisheries resources. Bureau of Resource Sciences, Canberra, Australia. 422 p.
- Marquet, G. (1992). L'étude du recrutement et de la physiologie des anguilles de Polynésie Française permet-elle de cerner leur aire de ponte? Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco, n° spécial 10: 129-147.
- Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan (1989). New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series No. 19. 279 p.
- Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott (1991). World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 243. ISBN: 0-913235-54-7.
- Shiino, Sueo M. 1976. List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. Shima Marineland. Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan. 262.
- Smith, D. G. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds. 1999. Anguillidae: Freshwater eels. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. 1630-1636. ISBN: 92-5-104302-7.
- Suvatti, C. (1981). Fishes of Thailand. Royal Institute of Thailand, Bangkok. 379 p.
- Wass, R. C. (1984). An annotated checklist of the fishes of Samoa. Natl. Ocean. Atmos. Adminis. Tech. Rept., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Spec. Sci. Rept. Fish. (781).
- Welcomme, R.L. (1988). International introductions of inland aquatic species. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 294. 318 p.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- FishBase
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 16 providers.
- Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3862762
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-147517
- Fishbase Species ID: 297
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13597990
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102119
Footnotes
- McDowall, R.M. and J.P. Beumer (1980). Family Anguillidae: freshwater eels. p. 44-47. In R.M. McDowall (ed.) Freshwater fishes of south-eastern Australia. A.H. & A.W. Reed Pty. Ltd. Sydney. [back]
- Gomon, M.F., C.J.M. Glover and R.H. Kuiter (eds) (1994). The fishes of Australia's south coast. State Print, Adelaide. 992 p. [back]
- Mean = -353.500 meters (-1,159.777 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,315.030 based on 242 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
