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The short-finned eel is known to Māori as tuna, alongside the endemic New Zealand longfin eel. [11] They had a highly developed fishery for freshwater eels before the arrival of Europeans , and an extensive knowledge of the ecology of eels, harvesting them through a variety of techniques.
Günther, 1871. The Pacific shortfinned eel ( Anguilla obscura ), also known as the Pacific shortfinned freshwater eel, the short-finned eel, and the South Pacific eel, [2] is an eel in the family Anguillidae. [3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1871. [4] It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from western New Guinea, Queensland ...
The New Zealand longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii), also known as ōrea, 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 ...
Eels are elongated fish, ranging in length from 5 cm (2 in) in the one-jawed eel (Monognathus ahlstromi) to 4 m (13 ft) in the slender giant moray. [7] Adults range in weight from 30 g (1 oz) to well over 25 kg (55 lb). They possess no pelvic fins, and many species also lack pectoral fins. The dorsal and anal fins are fused with the caudal fin ...
Anguillidae. The Anguillidae are a family of ray-finned fish that contains the freshwater eels. Except from the genus Neoanguilla, with the only known species Neoanguilla nepalensis from Nepal, [5] all the extant species and six subspecies in this family are in the genus Anguilla, and are elongated fish of snake-like bodies, with long dorsal ...
The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a facultative catadromous fish found on the eastern coast of North America. Freshwater eels are fish belonging to the elopomorph superorder, a group of phylogenetically ancient teleosts. [2] The American eel has a slender, supple, snake-like body that is covered with a mucus layer, which makes the eel ...
The shortfinned worm eel ( Scolecenchelys australis, also known commonly as the shortfin worm eel, worm eel, southern worm eel, Down's worm eel, or Tasmanian worm eel [2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by William John Macleay in 1881, originally under the genus Muraenichthys. [4]
A. bicolor. Subspecies: A. b. bicolor. Trinomial name. Anguilla bicolor bicolor. McClelland, 1844. The Indonesian shortfin eel ( Anguilla bicolor bicolor) is a subspecies of eel in the genus Anguilla of the family Anguillidae. It is found throughout the tropical coastal regions of the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean. [1]