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Polynesian longfinned eel

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Polynesian longfinned eel
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Anguillidae
Genus: Anguilla
Species: A. megastoma
Binomial name
Anguilla megastoma
Kaup, 1856

The Polynesian longfinned eel (Anguilla megastoma), also known as the Pacific long-finned eel, is an eel in the family Anguillidae. It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856. It is a tropical eel found in freshwaters in the Pacific, including Sulawesi, Indonesia; the Society Islands, and Pitcairn. The eels spend most of their lives in freshwater, but migrate to the ocean to breed. Males can reach a maximum total length of 100 centimetres, while females can reach a maximum TL of 165 centimetres and a maximum weight of 9,000 grams.

The Polynesian longfinned eel is commercial in fisheries.

References

  1. Pike, C.; Crook, V.; Jacoby, D.; Gollock, M. (2020). "Anguilla megastoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T196301A176495962. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T196301A176495962.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Common names for Anguilla megastoma at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Anguilla megastoma at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Kaup, J. J., 1856 Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum. London. 1-163, Pls. 1-19.
Taxon identifiers
Anguilla megastoma


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