Eels species

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Overview

Eels (Order: Anguilliformes)

This includes the family of Fresh water eels (Anguillidae). Two species in genus Anguilla are included in CNM: Short-finned Eel (A. australis) and Long-finned Eel (A. reinhardtii).

6 species

Anguilla australis (Short Finned Eel)

Anguilla reinhardtii (Long Finned Eel)

Anguilla sp. (genus) (Eel)

Gymnothorax prasinus (Yellow Moray, Green Moray)

Ophisurus serpens (Serpent Eel)

Scolecenchelys breviceps (Shorthead Worm Eel)

Local native (change?)
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Non-invasive or negligible (change?)

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