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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 giant moray is carnivorous and nocturnal, hunting its prey within the reef. It is known to engage in cooperative hunting with the roving coral grouper (Plectropomus pessuliferus). [7] These two fish species are complementary hunters: While the eel hunts in the reef, it may scare prey up and out of the reef, leaving them to be eaten by the ...
Pages in category "Endemic freshwater fish of New Zealand" ... Giant kōkopu; ... New Zealand grayling; New Zealand longfin eel; New Zealand smelt; Northland mudfish; R.
New Zealand is investigating the mysterious death of thousands of eels in a stream on the country’s North Island.. An estimated 3,500 juvenile eels were found dead in the Kauritutahi stream ...
The Anguillidae are a family of ray-finned fish that contains the freshwater eels.They are the only modern taxon of the infraorder Anguillales.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, caudal and anal fins forming a continuous fringe.
Moray eel. Moray eels, or Muraenidae (/ ˈ m ɒr eɪ, m ə ˈ r eɪ /), are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, and a few are found in fresh water.
Featured animals: Largetooth sawfish, red-bellied pacu, electric eel, New Zealand longfin eel, bull shark, candiru, short-tailed river stingray. Episode featured "Chainsaw Predator" – Jeremy goes through and gets a dangerous sawfish. "Electric Executioner" – Jeremy finds the ultimate eel. "Flesh Ripper" – Jeremy fishes an eel in New Zealand.
A newly discovered eel-like creature that slithered across the seas some 469 million years ago has been named after the high priest of heavy metal — Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi.