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Anguilla reinhardtii in Papua New Guinea
Speckled longfin eel

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Anguilla reinhardtii   Steindachner, 1867
Family:	Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)			picture (Anrei_u1.jpg) by Pöllabauer, C.
Order:	Anguilliformes  (eels and morays)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Speckled longfin eel
Max. size:	165 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 82796); 158 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 22.0 kg (Ref. 82796); max. reported age: 41 years
Environment:	demersal; catadromous ; depth range 0 - 1 m
Climate:	tropical; 10°S - 43°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial
Resilience:	Very low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (tm=8-30; tmax=41, Fec=5 million)
Distribution:	Asia and Oceania: New Guinea, eastern Australia, including Tasmania, Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia.
Diagnosis:	Characterized by mottled color and tooth bands with a separated inner series. The only other species within its range with these characters is Anguilla marmorata, but that species has a longer dorsal fin (Ref. 9828).
Biology:	Occur in coastal lagoons, rivers, streams, lakes, swamps and farm dams, but prefers riverine habitats (Ref. 26509, 44894). Usually found in deep waters of reservoirs well away from the shore. Mature adults undertake annual spawning migrations to oceanic waters (Ref. 44894). Mainly nocturnal feeders. Feed on crustaceans, mollusks, aquatic and terrestrial insects, fish including elvers and native trout. Maximum size for female longfin eel taken from Ref. 6390. A reasonably good angling fish which may grow to 22 kilograms (Ref. 44894)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Allen, G.R.. 1989. (Ref. 5259)
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Papua New Guinea country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from Dinawa (Upper Saint Joseph River, Gulf of Papua drainage) (Ref. 2847); and Fly river (Ref. 13533). Also Ref. 6993.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pp.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Allen, G.R., 1991
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	Checked:  Casal, Christine Marie V.	Modified:  Pablico, Grace Tolentino	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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