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Anguilla nebulosa in Malawi
Mottled eel

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Anguilla nebulosa   McClelland, 1844
Family:	Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Anguilliformes  (eels and morays)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Mottled eel
Max. size:	121 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 6028); max. published weight: 7,000 g (Ref. 6028)
Environment:	demersal; catadromous ; depth range 3 - 10 m
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience:	Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Indian Ocean: East Africa to Sumatra, Indonesia.
Biology:	Adults rarely in coastal swamps, with a wide temperature tolerance. Shy and secretive, and is found in greatest abundance in mud substrates of dry zones. Most often found in deep rock pools in rivers in the wet zones. Probably feeds on small fish, crustaceans, worms and mollusks. Species is too large for use in the aquarium trade, however is a welcome food fish when caught
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Pethiyagoda, R.. 1991. (Ref. 6028)
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Malawi country information
Common names:	Nkhunga, Nkunga		Ref:  Nsiku, E., 1999
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Collection sites and abundance: Tedzami Downstream (present), Majete Rapids (present), R. Shire Backwater (present) (Ref. 37112).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mi.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/mfri.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Tweddle, D., D.S.C. Lewis and N.G. Willoughby, 1979
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	Entered:  Sta. Iglesia, Drina

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