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Anguilla interioris Whitley, 1938

Description

Vertebrae: 100 - 106. Most similar to Anguilla celebensis and Anguilla megastoma. It can be distinguished form A. celebensis by the relative length of the dorsal fin and from A. megastoma by the number of vertebrae. Distance between verticals through anus and origin of dorsal-fin origin 11-15 of total length.

Common Names

  • Úhoř novoguinejský , Czech , Czechia
  • New Guinea-ål , Danish , Denmark
  • Highlands long-finned eel , English , Papua New Guinea
  • New Guinea eel , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Uusguinea angerjas , Estonian , Estonia
  • 內唇鰻鱺 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 内唇鳗鲡 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anguilliformes

    Family: Anguillidae

    Genus: Anguilla

    Species: Anguilla interioris Whitley, 1938

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Oceania: known only from the eastern half of New Guinea.

    • Biology

    Probably caught locally, but no separate statistics available (Ref. 9828).

    Habitat

    freshwater