Madagascar country information

Common names: Amalomaitso, Amalombandana, Amalona
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Collected at the Manantenina River (Ref. 39866). Also Ref. 3506, 3971, 13333, 33390, 79840.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ma.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Sparks, J.S. and M.L.J. Stiassny, 2003
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Common names from other countries

Anguille marbrée, 花鳗鲡(鲈鳗), Giant long-finned eel, ... more

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> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)
Etymology: Anguilla: Latin, anguilla, .-ae = eel (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; acqua dolce; salmastro demersale; catadromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 3000 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical; 31°N - 35°S, 21°E - 134°W

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Indo-Pacific: East Africa, inland Mozambique and lower Zambezi River to French Polynesia, north to southern Japan (Ref. 7050). Also rivers of Madagascar and adjacent islands (Ref. 52193).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 57749); 200.0 cm TL (female); common length : 26.3 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 35840); peso massimo pubblicato: 20.5 kg (Ref. 13337); peso massimo pubblicato: 20.5 kg; Età massima riportata: 40 anni (Ref. 48660)

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Vertebre: 100 - 110. Diagnosis: Distinguished from all other species by the mottled colour and the long dorsal fin, which begins closer to the gill opening than to the anus (Ref. 9828).

Live in freshwater areas as adults, estuaries and seas as young (Ref. 12693). Found in lowland rivers as well as upland tributaries (Ref. 2847). While in river, the sex gland does not develop. But in winter when they move from the stream to river mouth, the sex gland begins to develop as mature individuals go to deep sea to breed (Ref. 45563). The spawning grounds are deep sea gullies among the south of the Philippines, east of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Ref. 45563). Are active at night, feeding on a wide range of prey (Ref. 7248, 79840), especially crabs, frogs and fish (Ref. 7248). Thought to breed east of Madagascar where the young are wafted to the East Coast by ocean currents (Ref. 13337, 79840).

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Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Castle, P.H.J., 1984. Anguillidae. p. 34-37. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3506)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 November 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale; Acquacoltura: commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.7 - 27.8, mean 24.5 (based on 725 cells).

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

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00076 (0.00037 - 0.00155), b=3.17 (3.00 - 3.34), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.67 se; based on food items.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Molto basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione più di 14 anni (tmax=40).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824