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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).
Juvenile eels, known as elvers, migrate upstream between late November and early March when temperatures reach about 16C, according to the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric ...
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.
Many eel-like fish of the order Anguilliformes have toxic proteins in their blood which has to be destroyed with heat before eating. Moray eels also produce toxic mucus, and can store toxins in their flesh and organs. [3] The giant moray is a reef fish at the top of the food chain.
New Zealand smooth skate (Dipturus innominatus) Ocellate skate (Dentiraja oculus) Argus skate (Dipturus polyommata) Slimeskate (Dipturus pullopunctatus) Weng's skate (Dipturus wengi) Atlantic finless skate (Gurgesiella atlantica) Dusky finless skate (Gurgesiella furvescens) Rosette skate (Leucoraja garmani) Cuckoo skate (Leucoraja naevus)
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.
The short-finned eel (Anguilla australis), also known as the shortfin eel, is one of the 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae.It is native to the lakes, dams and coastal rivers of south-eastern Australia, New Zealand, and much of the South Pacific, including New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, Tahiti, and Fiji.
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