WoRMS taxon details
Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852)
217458 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217458)
accepted
Species
Anguilla capensis Kaup, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anguilla delalandi Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Anguilla delalandii Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Muraena mossambica Peters, 1852 · unaccepted
Tribranchus anguillaris Peters, 1846 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Carnivorous, eats dead or living prey but esp. fish and crabs. Elvers ascend rivers mainly at night and overcome waterfalls...
Description Carnivorous, eats dead or living prey but esp. fish and crabs. Elvers ascend rivers mainly at night and overcome waterfalls and walls of dams with great determination. Adults usually sedentary. After feeding in fresh water for ten years or more, adults assume a silver breeding dress, the eyes become enlarged and they return to sea to breed. Flesh fatty but highly esteemed as smoked or jellied eel (Ref. 5214). Caught with various types of nets (Ref. 4967). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217458 on 2024-04-23
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Carnivorous, eats dead or living prey but esp. fish and crabs. Elvers ascend rivers mainly at night and overcome waterfalls and walls of dams with great determination. Adults usually sedentary. After feeding in fresh water for ten years or more, adults assume a silver breeding dress, the eyes become enlarged and they return to sea to breed. Flesh fatty but highly esteemed as smoked or jellied eel (Ref. 5214). Caught with various types of nets (Ref. 4967). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | African longfin eel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (68 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Tribranchus anguillaris Peters, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Anguilla delalandi Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Anguilla capensis Kaup, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Anguilla delalandii Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla delalandi Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena mossambica Peters, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla delalandii Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla capensis Kaup, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Tribranchus anguillaris Peters, 1846)
To FishBase images (Anguilla mossambica, by JJPhoto)
To GenBank (199 nucleotides; 185 proteins)
To GenBank (199 nucleotides; 185 proteins) (from synonym Muraena mossambica Peters, 1852)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Tribranchus anguillaris Peters, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Anguilla delalandi Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Anguilla capensis Kaup, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Anguilla delalandii Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla delalandi Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena mossambica Peters, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla delalandii Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla capensis Kaup, 1859)
To FishBase (from synonym Tribranchus anguillaris Peters, 1846)
To FishBase images (Anguilla mossambica, by JJPhoto)
To GenBank (199 nucleotides; 185 proteins)
To GenBank (199 nucleotides; 185 proteins) (from synonym Muraena mossambica Peters, 1852)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
