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Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) >
Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)
Etymology: Anguilla: Latin, anguilla, .-ae = eel (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Johann Karl Ernst Dieffenbach (1811–1855) was a German physician, naturalist, explorer, linguist and writer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gray.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas; Água doce; estuarina demersal; catádromo (Ref. 51243). Subtropical; 34°S - 47°S
Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?, range 80 - ? cm
Max length : 185 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 44724); 156.0 cm TL (female); common length : 60.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9258); common length :100 cm TL (female); peso máx. Publicado: 25.0 kg (Ref. 11115)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Commonly found in lakes and rivers (Ref. 9258). Inhabits stony rivers (Ref. 9072). Migrates to the sea to breed. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Marketed fresh, smoked and frozen; eaten fried and broiled (Ref. 9988). Reports of reaching up to 2 meters and 50 kilograms are rare and more common historically; in recent times, only a few exceed 120 cm TL (Ref. 82796).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.), 1994. Guide book to New Zealand commercial fish species. Revised edition. New Zealand Fishing Industry Board, Wellington, New Zealand, 216 p. (Ref. 9258)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; Aquacultura: experimental
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Descarregue XML
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 10.6 - 18.3, mean 15.1 °C (based on 138 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00093 (0.00076 - 0.00115), b=3.20 (3.15 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Muito baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população maior que 14 anos (Tmax=60; tm=10-48 years based on age-length relationship.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
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