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Scientific Name Anguilla mossambica  (Peters, 1852)
Common Names African Longfin Eel
Longfin Eel
Type Locality Molumbo [Lumbo] River, Mozambique [East Africa].
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Size 1500mm or 59.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Western Indian Ocean: east coast rivers of Africa from Kenya south to Cape Agulhas, also Madagascar and other western Indian Ocean islands. Moves well inland. Reported from New Caledonia.
Indian Ocean (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Near Threatened, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852, pp 684.
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Last Update 2022 Aug 28 06:00 (species record created: 2013 Apr 02 06:10)