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Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, 1842

Description

Common Names

  • Úhoř novozélandský , Czech , Czechia
  • Newzealandsk ål , Danish , Denmark
  • Longfinned eel , English , New Zealand
  • New Zealand longfin eel , English , USA
  • New Zealand longfin eel , English , Global
  • Anguille de Nouvelle-Zélande , French , France
  • 大鰻鱺 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大鳗鲡 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Węgorz nowozelandzki , Polish , Poland
  • Nyzeeländsk ål , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anguilliformes

    Family: Anguillidae

    Genus: Anguilla

    Species: Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, 1842

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand.

    • Biology

    Commonly found in lakes and rivers (Ref. 9258). Inhabits stony rivers (Ref. 9072). Migrates to the sea to breed. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Marketed fresh, smoked and frozen; eaten fried and broiled (Ref. 9988). Reports of reaching up to 2 meters and 50 kilograms are rare and more common historically; in recent times, only a few exceed 120 cm TL (Ref. 82796).

    Habitat

    freshwater