Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Anguillidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Anguilla | |
Similar Pacific shortfinned eel, Indonesian longfinned eel, African longfin eel, Speckled longfin eel, Anguilla bengalensis | ||
The Polynesian longfinned eel (Anguilla megastoma), also known as the Pacific long-finned eel, is an eel in the family Anguillidae. It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856. It is a tropical eel found in freshwaters in the Pacific, including Sulawesi, Indonesia; the Society Islands, and Pitcairn. The eels spend most of their lives in freshwater, but migrate to the ocean to breed. Males can reach a maximum total length of 100 centimetres, while females can reach a maximum TL of 165 centimetres and a maximum weight of 9,000 grams.
The Polynesian longfinned eel is commercial in fisheries.
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