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Anguilla nebulosa McClelland, 1844

Description

Common Names

  • Úhoř indooceánský , Czech , Czechia
  • Marmoreret ål , Danish , Denmark
  • African mottled eel , English , USA
  • Indian longfin eel , English , USA
  • Indian mottled eel , English , Global
  • Long finned eel , English , Sri Lanka
  • Long-finned eel , English , UK
  • Long-finned eel , English , USA
  • Mottled eel , English , Malaysia
  • Mottled eel , English , USA
  • Mottled eel , English , Global
  • River eel , English , Malaysia
  • Laiguline angerjas , Estonian , Estonia
  • Indischer Langflossenaal , German , Germany
  • Belud , Malay , Malaysia
  • Belut , Malay , Malaysia
  • Belut kelabu , Malay , Malaysia
  • Sinsilud , Malay , Malaysia
  • Tuna , Malay , Malaysia
  • 云纹鳗鲡 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 疏斑鰻鱺 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 疏斑鳗鲡 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 雲紋鰻鱺 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Nkunga , Nyanja (Chichewa) , Malawi
  • Pol mal aandha , Sinhalese , Sri Lanka
  • Nkhunga , Tumbuka , Malawi

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anguilliformes

    Family: Anguillidae

    Genus: Anguilla

    Species: Anguilla nebulosa McClelland, 1844

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • 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.

    Habitat

    freshwater