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Common names: Australian shortfinned eel, Freshwater eel, River eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Sloane, R.D., 1984
Importance: commercial | Ref: Hall, D.N., D.J. Harrington and P.S. Fairbrother, 1990
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Arthington, A.H. and F. McKenzie, 1997
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve, 1993
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Present in coastal streams and tributaries from Pine River in southeastern Queensland to the Murray River in South Australia, including Flinders Island in Bass Strait and all of Tasmania except for the central western plateau (Ref. 12755). There is probably just a single stock in Australian waters. Commercial fishery: The main Australian freshwater eel fishery is located in Victoria where eels have been caught commercially since 1914 (Ref. 26507). The annual Victorian catch has averaged 225 t since 1976 with shortfin eels comprising 95% of the total. Most of the catch is taken during spring and early summer from waters west of Melbourne, particularly in the Hopkins River, Barwon River and Lake Corangamite basins (Ref. 26507). Smaller catches are taken from central and eastern Victoria. Eels in Victoria are caught almost exclusively using fyke nets. Aluminium dinghies with outboard motors are used to set up to 50 nets per licensed holder (Ref. 26507). The Tasmanian eel fishery has operated since 1965-66 with catches in most years ranging between 20 t and 40 t. Shortfin eels account for 97% of the Tasmanian catch, caught between October and March (Ref. 26515). The catch is taken mainly from coastal lagoons and farm dams with fyke nets. Fyke nets are prohibited from most streams and lakes because they take a high bycatch of trout (Salmonidae). Traps are used in some rivers, including weir-type traps to harvest migrating silver eels. Most of the Australian eel catch is destined for export markets, with 290 t exported in 1988-1989. The shortfin eel catch is purged in freshwater, eviscerated and snap frozen for export (Ref. 26507). A small proportion is smoked and sold on the domestic market. Aquaculture: Shortfin eels are farmed using 'extensive' culture techniques in Victoria and Tasmania (Ref 26516). In Victoria, Japanese glass eels nets are used to capture shortfin elvers which are then transferred to natural closed water bodies such as freshwater lakes and swamps (Ref. 26507). Some undersized brown eels are also released into these water bodies. The eels are harvested using fyke nets when they reach a marketable size. Extensive culture of shortfin eels is also conducted in northern Tasmania. About 30 t were produced by culture there during 1988-89 (Ref. 26516). Some Tasmanian fishers are licensed to trap elvers for stocking of Tasmanian and Victorian lakes. Cultured shortfin eels are handled and marketed by the same methods as in the commercial fishery. Recreational fishery: Freshwater eels are commonly caught by anglers when line fishing for other species in estuaries or freshwaters (Ref. 26509). They can be targeted by using introduced garden snails (Helicidae) as bait (Ref. 26510). Resource status: The shortfin eel resource in Tasmania and Victoria does not support heavier fishing pressure and an increase in production has to come from expansion of culture operations in recent years (Ref. 26507). There is no information on the status of the New South Wales eel resources. Also Ref. 1739, 11115.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve, 1993
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Common names from other countries

Anguille d'Australie, Anguila australiana, Southern shortfin eel, ... more

分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) 鰻目 (Eels and morays) > Anguillidae (Freshwater eels) 鰻鱺科(Freshwater eels) (Freshwater eels)
Etymology: Anguilla: Latin, anguilla, .-ae = eel (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生态学

海洋; 淡水; 半咸淡水底中水层性; 降海洄游 (Ref. 9258); 深度上下限 0 - 3000 m (Ref. 86942). 亞熱帶的; 18°S - 47°S, 140°E - 168°E

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Southwest Pacific: east coast of Australia and New Zealand, extending north to New Caledonia. Museum records from Fiji and Tahiti are doubtful. Australian and New Zealand forms sometimes recognized as subspecies. Most easily confused with Anguilla obscura and the surest way of distinguishing them is to count the vertebrae. Reported from Western and American Samoa (Ref. 592).
西南太平洋: 被向北延伸到新加勒多尼亞的澳洲東岸與紐西蘭。博物館來自斐濟的紀錄，而且大溪地島是可疑的。澳洲與紐西蘭的型有時被鑑定為亞種。最容易互相混淆區分他們的 安圭拉 obscura 與最可靠的方法將計算脊椎骨。記錄來自西薩摩亞與美屬薩摩亞了。 (參考文獻 592)

大小 / 重量 / 年龄

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 130 cm TL 雄鱼/尚未辨别雌雄; (Ref. 40637); 106.5 cm TL (female); common length : 45.0 cm TL 雄鱼/尚未辨别雌雄; (Ref. 9258); common length :65 cm TL (female); 最大体重: 7.5 kg (Ref. 40637); 最大年龄: 32 年 (Ref. 6390)

Occurs in streams, lakes and swamps. More likely inhabits slow flowing streams or still waters (Ref. 26509). Feeds on fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, worms, aquatic plants, and terrestrial and aquatic insects. This species does not breed outside its Pacific spawning ground. Migrates to the sea to breed (Ref. 9258). Maximum length for female eel taken from Ref. 6390. Migrating females in Lake Ellesmere (Canterbury, New Zealand) were reported to be in the range of 48.3 to 102.4 cm, larger than for males 33.8 to 55.4 cm (Ref. 44724). Despite its slimy appearance, its flesh is of excellent quality, considered a delicacy in many countries; meat suitable for smoking (Ref. 33839).

出现在溪流，湖与沼泽。更或许居住于慢的流动溪流或静止的水域。 (参考文献 26509) 捕食鱼，甲壳动物，软件动物，蠕虫，水生植物与陆生与水生昆虫。这种不在被产卵地面的它的太平洋的外边繁殖。回游到海洋繁殖。 (参考文献 9258) 最大的母鱼体长鳗鱼取自了参考文献 6390. 不在乎它的黏滑外表，它的肉是有在许多国家中被认为是一个佳肴的优良品质的; 肉适合做烟熏。 (参考文献 33839)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | 繁殖 | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 仔鱼

西南太平洋: 被向北延伸到新加勒多尼亞的澳洲東岸與紐西蘭。博物館來自斐濟的紀錄，而且大溪地島是可疑的。澳洲與紐西蘭的型有時被鑑定為亞種。最容易互相混淆區分他們的 安圭拉 obscura 與最可靠的方法將計算脊椎骨。記錄來自西薩摩亞與美屬薩摩亞了。 (參考文獻 592)

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Allen, G.R., 1989. Freshwater fishes of Australia. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. (Ref. 5259)

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临近濒危 (NT) ; Date assessed: 06 November 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

对人类的威胁

无害处的

人类利用

渔业: 商业性; 养殖: 商业性; 游钓鱼种: 是的

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.3 - 9.1, mean 5.3 (based on 57 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00068 (0.00054 - 0.00085), b=3.16 (3.11 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

营养阶层 (Ref. 69278): 4.3 ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.

回复力 (Ref. 120179): 低的, 最小族群倍增时间4.5 - 14 年 (tm=8-30; Fec=3,000,000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Very high vulnerability (78 of 100).

价格分类 (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841

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Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841

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