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Anguilla reinhardtii (Australian longfinned eel; Conger eel; Freshwater eel; Longfin eel; Longfinned eel; Marbled eel; River eel; Speckled longfin eel; Spotted eel)

Synonyms: Anguilla marginipinnis; Anguilla reinhardti
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Wikipedia Abstract

The speckled longfin eel, Australian long-finned eel or marbled eel (Anguilla reinhardtii) is one of 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae. It has a long snake-like cylindrical body with its dorsal, tail and anal fins joined to form one long fin. It usually has a brownish green or olive green back and sides with small darker spots or blotches all over its body. Its underside is paler. It has a small gill opening on each side of its wide head, with thick lips. It is Australia's largest freshwater eel, and the female usually grows much larger than the male. It is also known as the spotted eel.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  19.765 lbs (8.965 kg)
Female Maturity [2]  20 years
Male Maturity [1]  10 years
Maximum Longevity [2]  41 years
Migration [3]  Catadromous

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Coastal Australia Australia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Coastal Rivers    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Prey / Diet

Anguilla australis (Shortfin eel)[4]
Ranoidea lesueurii (Lesueur's tree frog)[5]
Tandanus tandanus (Tandan catfish)[4]

Predators

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus australis (Black-necked Stork)[6]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
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♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey, L. F. Toledo, R. S. Ribeiro & C. F. B. Haddad, Journal of Zoology 271 (2007) 170–177
♦ 6The feeding behaviour and diet of the Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus australis in northern New South Wales, Greg. P. Clancy, Corella, 2011, 36(1): 17-23
♦ 7Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0