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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).
New Zealand longfin eels breed only once at the end of their lives, making a journey of thousands of kilometres from New Zealand to their spawning grounds near Tonga. [14] [15] Their eggs (of which each female eel produces between 1 and 20 million) are fertilized in an unknown manner, but probably in deep tropical water. [16]
New Zealand longfin eel; Polynesian longfinned eel; Speckled longfin eel; See also. Short-finned eel This page was last edited on 22 May 2018, at 17:59 (UTC). Text is ...
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Lake Wakatipu is a habitat for the longfin eel (a specimen caught in 1886 is the largest known of this species [13]), and for introduced brown trout, salmon and rainbow trout. [14] These and other fish support predators such as the pied shag .
Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856 (Celebes longfin eel) Anguilla dieffenbachii J. E. Gray, 1842 (New Zealand longfin eel) Anguilla interioris Whitley, 1938 (Highlands longfin eel) Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1847 (Japanese eel) Anguilla luzonensis S. Watanabe, Aoyama & Tsukamoto, 2009 (Philippine mottled eel)
However, there are several small underground lakes that were created by freshwater creeks or brooks which are home to New Zealand longfin eels. The walls of the caves are covered with a variety of fungi including the cave flower (a distant relation to the genus Pleurotus ) that is actually a mushroom-like fungus.
Waimate Creek is a natural watercourse in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. [1] ... New Zealand longfin eel, and upland bully. [4]