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Scientific Name | Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844 |
Common Name | |
Type Locality | Sandoway, Malay coast, India. |
Species Information | |
Size | 1200mm or 47.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | 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. Mozambique; Lower Zambezi River. Most easily confused with Anguilla obscura and the surest way to distinguish them is by the count of vertebrae. Indian Ocean (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, West Pacific (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Zambesi, Lower Zambesi (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
IUCN Red List Category | Near Threatened, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019. |
Husbandry Information | |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18), pp 178, 202, 209, Pl. 6 (fig. 1). |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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Last Update | 2020 Oct 27 06:42 (species record created: 2014 Nov 17 04:11) |