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  2. Short-finned eel - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Pacific shortfinned eel - Wikipedia

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    It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from western New Guinea, Queensland, Australia, the Society Islands, and possibly South Africa. [3] The eels spend most of their lives in freshwater, but migrate to the Pacific Ocean to breed. Males can reach a maximum total length of 110 centimetres, but more commonly reach a TL of around 60 cm.

  4. Speckled longfin eel - Wikipedia

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    The long-finned eel is a native of New Guinea, eastern Australia (including Tasmania), Lord Howe Island, and New Caledonia. [2] It can be found in many freshwater areas, including creeks, streams, rivers, swamps, dams, lagoons, and lakes although generally more often in rivers than lakes.

  5. Anguillidae - Wikipedia

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    The second is Anguilla ignota, which is the fossil that represents the ancestor to all extant freshwater eels and marks the upper boundary of the age of anguillidae. Using these two fossil calibration points, freshwater eels are said to originate between 83 million years ago and 43.8 million years ago.

  6. New Zealand longfin eel - Wikipedia

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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).

  7. Gymnothorax polyuranodon - Wikipedia

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    Gymnothorax polyuranodon, commonly known as the freshwater moray, is a species of moray eel that is native to the Indo-Pacific region, including Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the northern coastline of Australia, and various islands in the western Pacific. Other common names include the many-toothed moray, spotted ...

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    “Barriers in water courses and stillwaters are a major factor in preventing eels from reaching freshwater habitat where they can thrive and grow. “There are approximately 23,000 obstructions ...

  9. Category:Freshwater fish of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The freshwater fish of Australia include approximately 280 species. ... Short-finned eel; Sleepy cod; Southern pygmy perch; Speartooth shark; Speckled longfin eel;