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Anguilla megastoma in Solomon Islands
Polynesian longfinned eel

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Anguilla megastoma   Kaup, 1856
Family:	Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)			picture (Anmeg_u0.gif) by FAO
Order:	Anguilliformes  (eels and morays)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Polynesian longfinned eel
Max. size:	100.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9828); 165 cm SL (female); max. published weight: 9,000.0 g
Environment:	demersal; catadromous
Climate:	tropical; 1°S - 25°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:	Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Pacific Ocean: Sulawesi, Indonesia to the Society Islands. Also recorded from Pitcairn (Ref. 9828).
Diagnosis:	Vertebrae: 110-114. The only species that can be either variegated or plain-colored. Mottled individuals most closely resemble Anguilla celebensis and A. interioris in having broad, undivided tooth bands, but their ranges do not overlap. Plain-colored individuals most closely resemble A. japonica and A. borneensis, but those species both geographically distant. A. obscura is also plain-colored but has a shorter dorsal fin (Ref. 9828). The skin is grey to yellowish and more or less spotted with brown or black. It can be sometimes uniformly brownish red on the flanks and the back. The belly is white. Young specimens are grey and do not have spots (Ref.48622).
Biology:	Found in rocky pools, often in coastal streams (Ref. 2847). No separate statistics available (Ref. 9828)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Smith, D.G.. 1999. (Ref. 9828)
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Solomon Islands country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Also Ref. 4537.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bp.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/solomons/solomons.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Marquet, G., 1996
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Binohlan, Crispina B.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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