Anguilla australis
Short Finned Eel at Port Arthur, TAS
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| Anguilla australis | 4 Aug 2025 | DougT | ||
| Anguilla australis | 9 Jul 2025 | LauraBailey | ||
| Unverified | 12 Feb 2025 | JimL |
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Feeding up the stream at Port Arthur.
3 comments
DougT
wrote:
23 May 2025
Hey @JimL , how big do you think this was? More or less than 1m? It is almost certainly Anguilla australis, but there's a remote chance it could be Anguilla dieffenbachii. The latter is endemic to New Zealand, but is known to migrate to pacific islands to breed, and given that Port Arthur is as close as Australia gets to New Zealand, I don't think we can rule it out.
Location information
- Coordinates 147.850756-43.147383
- Altitude 37.1m
- Places Port Arthur, TAS
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 12 Feb 2025 01:49 PM Recorded on
- JimL Recorded by
- Less than 1m Depth of sighting
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Species information
- Anguilla australis Scientific name
- Short Finned Eel Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 46.91m Recorded at altitude
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