Highlands long-finned eel

Highlands long-finned eel
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Anguillidae
Genus:	Anguilla
Species:	A. interioris
Binomial name
Anguilla interioris Whitley, 1938

The Highlands long-finned eel (Anguilla interioris, also known as the New Guinea eel)^[2] is an eel in the family Anguillidae.^[3] It was described by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1938.^[4] It is a tropical eel known from freshwaters in eastern New Guinea. The eels spend most of their lives in freshwater but migrate to the ocean to breed. Males can reach a maximum total length of 80 centimetres.^[3]

Anguilla interioris is considered most similar morphologically to Anguilla celebensis and Anguilla megastoma.^[5]

References

1. Jacoby, D. & Gollock, M. (2014). "Anguilla interioris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T198972A2545630. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T198972A2545630.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
2. Common names for Anguilla interioris at www.fishbase.org.
3. Anguilla interioris at www.fishbase.org.
4. Whitley, G. P., 1938 (31 Aug.) [ref. 4693] Descriptions of some New Guinea fishes. Records of the Australian Museum v. 20 (no. 3): 223-233.
5. Morphology Summary for Anguilla interioris at www.fishbase.org.