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Anguilla marmorata Giant Mottled Eel, Giant Long Finned Eel

Anguilla marmoratais commonly referred to as Giant Mottled Eel, Giant Long Finned Eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
13238 
AphiaID:
217457 
Scientific:
Anguilla marmorata 
German:
Indopazifischer Aal, Langflossenaal 
English:
Giant Mottled Eel, Giant Long Finned Eel 
Category:
Eel-like 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Anguillidae (Family) > Anguilla (Genus) > marmorata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Arafura Sea, Austral Islands, Australia, Bali, Banda Sea, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo (Kalimantan), Cambodia, Caroline Island, catadrome fishes, China, Comores, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Fiji, Flores, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Gambier Islands, Guam, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Invasive Species, Japan, Java, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moorea, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Okinawa, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Rangiroa, Réunion , Rodriguez, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sulu Sea , Sumatra, Swaziland, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, The Ryukyu Islands, the Society Islands, Timor, Timor Sea, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, West Papua , Western Indian Ocean, Zimbabwe 
Sea depth:
0,4 - 400 Meter 
Habitats:
Brackish water, Estuaries (river mouths), Freshwater, Mangrove Zones 
Size:
27.56" - 78.74" (70cm - 200cm) 
Weight:
27.7 kg 
Temperature:
15,7 °F - 28,9 °F (15,7°C - 28,9°C) 
Food:
Amphibious, Crabs, Crustaceans, Decapods, Fish (little fishes), Insects, Schrimps, Worms 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-03-03 15:13:00 

Info

Synonyms:
Anguilla fidjiensis Günther, 1870
Anguilla hildebrandti Peters, 1881
Anguilla johannae Günther, 1867
Anguilla labrosa Richardson, 1848
Anguilla marmolata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Anguilla mauritiana Bennett, 1831
Muraena manillensis Bleeker, 1864

Scientific paper

  1. Two superoxide dismutases (SODs) respond to bacterial challenge identified in the marbled eel Anguilla marmorata, Wang, Xiaolu; Wang, Li; Ren, Qian; Yin, Shaowu; Liang, Fenfei; Jia, Yihe , 2016
  2. Morphological and physiological changes of female tropical eels, Anguilla celebesensis and Anguilla marmorata, in relation to downstream migration, S. Hagihara; J. Aoyama; D. Limbong; K. Tsukamoto, 2012
  3. Phylogeography ofAnguilla marmorata(Teleostei: Anguilliformes) from the eastern Caroline Islands, Shaun Donovan; Frank Pezold; Yongjiu Chen; Brian Lynch, 2012
  4. Molecular characterization of marbled eel (Anguilla marmorata) gonadotropin subunits and their mRNA expression profiles during artificially induced gonadal development, Hai Huang; Yong Zhang; Wei Ren Huang; Shui Sheng Li; Pei Zhu; Yun Liu; Shao Wu Yin; Xiao Chun Liu; Hao Ran Lin, 2009
  5. Evidence of Population Structure in the Giant Mottled Eel, Anguilla marmorata, Using Total Number of Vertebrae, Watanabe, Shun; Aoyama, Jun; Miller, Michael J.; Ishikawa, Satoshi; Feunteun, Eric; Tsukamoto, Katsumi , 2008
  6. Evidence of Population Structure in the Giant Mottled Eel, Anguilla marmorata, Using Total Number of Vertebrae, Shun Watanabe, Jun Aoyama, Michael J. Miller, Satoshi Ishikawa, Eric Feunteun and Katsumi Tsukamoto, 2008
  7. Advanced sexual maturation before marine migration of Anguilla bicolor bicolor and Anguilla marmorata at Réunion Island, T. Robinet; M. Sbaihi; S. Guyet; B. Mounaix; S. Dufour; E. Feunteun, 2003
  8. Growth history and inshore migration of the tropical eel,Anguilla marmorata, in the Pacific, T. Arai; M. Marui; M. Miller; K. Tsukamoto, 2002
  9. Inshore migration of a tropical eel, Anguilla marmorata, from Taiwanese and Japanese coasts, TAKAOMI ARAI; MIHO MARUI; TSUGUO OTAKE; KATSUMI TSUKAMOTO, 2002

External links

  1. An Annotated Checklist of Eels in Bago River, Negros Occidental, Philippines (en). Abgerufen am 06.09.2020.
  2. Australian Museum (en). Abgerufen am 06.09.2020.
  3. Big Fishes of the World (en). Abgerufen am 06.09.2020.
  4. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 06.09.2020.
  5. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 06.09.2020.
  6. Phylogeography of Anguilla marmorata (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) from the eastern Caroline Islands (en). Abgerufen am 06.09.2020.
  7. Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system (multi). Abgerufen am 06.09.2020.
  8. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 06.09.2020.

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