Highlands long-finned eel

Highlands long-finned eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Anguillidae
Genus: Anguilla
Species: A. interioris
Binomial name
Anguilla interioris
Whitley, 1938

The Highlands long-finned eel (Anguilla interioris, also known as the New Guinea eel)[2] is an eel in the family Anguillidae.[3] It was described by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1938.[4] It is a tropical eel known from freshwaters in eastern New Guinea. The eels spend most of their lives in freshwater but migrate to the ocean to breed. Males can reach a maximum total length of 80 centimetres.[3]

Anguilla interioris is considered most similar morphologically to Anguilla celebensis and Anguilla megastoma.[5]

References

  1. Jacoby, D. & Gollock, M. (2014). "Anguilla interioris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. Common names for Anguilla interioris at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Anguilla interioris at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Whitley, G. P., 1938 (31 Aug.) [ref. 4693] Descriptions of some New Guinea fishes. Records of the Australian Museum v. 20 (no. 3): 223-233.
  5. Morphology Summary for Anguilla interioris at www.fishbase.org.


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