Highlands long-finned eel (Anguilla interioris)

Scientific name: Anguilla interioris Whitley, 1938

Highlands long-finned eel (Anguilla interioris)

The Highlands long-finned eel (Anguilla interioris) is a freshwater fish of the family Anguillidae. Native range: Oceania, known only from the eastern half of New Guinea.

Biology

Vertebrae: 100 - 106. Most similar to Anguilla celebensis and Anguilla megastoma. It can be distinguished form A. celebensis by the relative length of the dorsal fin and from A. megastoma by the number of vertebrae. Distance between verticals through anus and origin of dorsal-fin origin 11-15 of total length.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Anguilla interioris
Family
Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)
Order
Anguilliformes (Eels and Morays)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
80.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; catadromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Oceania: known only from the eastern half of New Guinea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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