Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Anguillidae Freshwater eels

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20 species (see list below)

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Photo by V. Tachos & D. Bobori

Anguilla anguilla
[European eel]

Photo by McDowall, R.M.

Anguilla australis
[Short-finned eel]

Photo by Bakalial, B.

Anguilla bengalensis
[Indian mottled eel]

Photo by Wallace, A.P.C.

Anguilla bicolor
[Indonesian shortfin eel]

No picture found
Asia

Anguilla borneensis
[]

Photo by FAO

Anguilla celebesensis
[Celebes longfin eel]

Photo by Bursell, J.J.

Anguilla dieffenbachii
[New Zealand longfin eel]

Photo by FAO

Anguilla interioris
[Highlands long-finned eel]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Anguilla japonica
[Japanese eel]

Photo by FAO

Anguilla labiata
[African mottled eel]

Photo by Tzeng, C.-S.

Anguilla luzonensis
[]

Photo by Martin-Smith, K.

Anguilla malgumora
[Indonesian longfinned eel]

Photo by Warren, T.

Anguilla marmorata
[Giant mottled eel]

Photo by FAO

Anguilla megastoma
[Polynesian longfinned eel]

Photo by JJPhoto

Anguilla mossambica
[African longfin eel]

No picture found
Indian Ocean
Max. Length 121 cm TL

Anguilla nebulosa
[Mottled eel]

Photo by IRD/C. Ledru

Anguilla obscura
[Pacific shortfinned eel]

Photo by Pöllabauer, C.

Anguilla reinhardtii
[Speckled longfin eel]

Photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

Anguilla rostrata
[American eel]

No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 3.3 cm TL

Neoanguilla nepalensis
[]

20 Species of Family Anguillidae
(Freshwater eels)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1758	Anguilla anguilla	European eel	Atlantic Ocean	133 TL
1841	Anguilla australis	Short-finned eel	Southwest Pacific	130 TL
1831	Anguilla bengalensis	Indian mottled eel	Asia	200 TL
1844	Anguilla bicolor	Indonesian shortfin eel	Indo-Pacific	123 TL
1924	Anguilla borneensis		Asia
1856	Anguilla celebesensis	Celebes longfin eel	Western Pacific	150 TL
1842	Anguilla dieffenbachii	New Zealand longfin eel	Southwest Pacific	185 TL
1938	Anguilla interioris	Highlands long-finned eel	Oceania	80 TL
1846	Anguilla japonica	Japanese eel	Asia	150 TL
1852	Anguilla labiata	African mottled eel	Africa	175 TL
2009	Anguilla luzonensis		Philippines	100 TL
1856	Anguilla malgumora	Indonesian longfinned eel	Asia	80 TL
1824	Anguilla marmorata	Giant mottled eel	Indo-Pacific	200 TL
1856	Anguilla megastoma	Polynesian longfinned eel	Pacific Ocean	165 SL
1852	Anguilla mossambica	African longfin eel	Western Indian Ocean	150 TL
1844	Anguilla nebulosa	Mottled eel	Indian Ocean	121 TL
1872	Anguilla obscura	Pacific shortfinned eel	Pacific Ocean	110 TL
1867	Anguilla reinhardtii	Speckled longfin eel	Asia and Oceania	165 TL
1817	Anguilla rostrata	American eel	Northwest to western Cent	152 TL
2008	Neoanguilla nepalensis		Asia	3.3 TL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Anguillidae Freshwater eels(See list of species below)

Family: Anguillidae Freshwater eels

(See list of species below)