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The New Zealand longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii) is a species of freshwater eel that is endemic to New Zealand. It is the largest freshwater eel in New Zealand and the only endemic species – the other eels found in New Zealand are the native shortfin eel (Anguilla australis), also found in Australia, and the naturally introduced Australian longfin eel (Anguilla reinhardtii).
The Polynesian longfinned eel (Anguilla megastoma), also known as the Pacific long-finned eel, [2] is an eel in the family Anguillidae. [3] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856. [ 4 ] It is a tropical eel found in freshwaters in the Pacific , including Sulawesi , Indonesia ; the Society Islands , and Pitcairn .
The Highlands long-finned eel (Anguilla interioris, also known as the New Guinea eel) [2] is an eel in the family Anguillidae. [3] It was described by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1938. [4] It is a tropical eel known from freshwaters in eastern New Guinea. The eels spend most of their lives in freshwater but migrate to the ocean to breed.
The African longfin eel [3] (Anguilla mossambica), also known simply as the longfin eel, is an eel in the family Anguillidae. [4] It was described by Wilhelm Peters in 1852, originally under the genus Muraena. [5] It is a tropical eel known from freshwaters in southern Kenya, Cape Agulhas, Madagascar, and New Caledonia.
The speckled longfin eel, Australian long-finned eel or marbled eel (Anguilla reinhardtii) is one of 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae. It has a long snake-like cylindrical body with its dorsal, tail and anal fins joined to form one long fin. The dorsal fin also often extends farther than the anal fin.
The mottled eel [3] (Anguilla bengalensis), also known as the African mottled eel, the Indian longfin eel, the Indian mottled eel, the long-finned eel or the river eel, [4] is a demersal, catadromous [5] eel in the family Anguillidae. [6] It was described by John McClelland in 1844. [7]
Unlike most eels, freshwater eels have not lost their scales, and instead have soft, thin, scales that are embedded in the epidermis. [6] Additionally, freshwater eels possess small, granular teeth arranged in bands on the jaws and vomer. [5] Anguillidae do exhibit size-dependent sexual dimorphism.
Longfin eel may refer to: African longfin eel; Celebes longfin eel; Highlands long-finned eel; New Zealand longfin eel; Polynesian longfinned eel; Speckled longfin ...