Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser; süßwasser; brackwasser demersal; katadrom (Ref. 138274). Tropical; 22°N - 27°S
Indo-Pacific: widespread in the tropical Indian Ocean and western Pacific. Known in Australia only from streams in the Kimberley regions of northern western Australia. Africa: widespread but relatively uncommon along east and southeast African coast and Madagascar (Ref. 7248, 52193). Mozambique; Lower Zambezi River (Ref. 39494). Most easily confused with Anguilla obscura and the surest way to distinguish them is by the count of vertebrae (Ref. 9828).
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 123 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 6371); common length : 65.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 2871); max. veröff. Alter: 20 Jahre (Ref. 48660)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 240 - 245; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 200 - 220; Wirbelzahl: 105 - 115.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: circular.
Adults inhabit freshwater streams and pools, preferring marshy habitats (Ref. 41236), in rivers and creeks, commonly over rock bottoms and in deeper pools and move as young to estuaries and seas (Ref. 12693). Seldom found in large rivers (Ref. 6028). Restricted to lowland (coastal) reaches of river systems (Ref. 7248). Adults descend to the sea to spawn (Refs. 52331, 79840). They feed on small fishes, crustaceans and mollusks. Reported to breed east of Madagascar; the south equatorial current probably carries the eel larvae and elvers towards the east coast of Africa where local coastal currents guide the elvers to suitable rivers which they invade and they stay there until sexually mature, when they return to their breeding grounds (Ref. 13337). Caught with various types of nets. Sometimes used in the aquarium trade (Ref. 6028).
Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | Larven
Kottelat, M., 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2013 (Suppl. 27):1-663. (Ref. 94476)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: weniger kommerziell
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Bevorzugte Temperatur (Ref.
123201): 26.5 - 29.1, mean 28.3 °C (based on 1098 cells).
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00076 (0.00037 - 0.00155), b=3.17 (3.00 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophische Ebene (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (tmax=20).
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (74 of 100).
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Nährstoffe (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 58.7 [34.4, 111.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.801 [0.472, 1.318] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [17.0, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.29 [0.14, 0.60] g/100g; Selenium = 150 [74, 289] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.3 [3.1, 51.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.925 [0.650, 1.373] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.
