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Scientific Name Anguilla marmorata    Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Common Names Giant Mottled Eel
Marbled Eel
Type Locality Waigeo [Waigiou], Indonesia.
Synonym(s) Anguilla fidjiensis, Anguilla hildebrandti, Anguilla johannae, Anguilla labrosa, Anguilla marmolata, Anguilla mauritiana, Anguilla ohannae, Muraena manillensis
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Size 700mm or 27.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Indo-Pacific: East Africa to French Polynesia, north to southern Japan. Africa: inland Mozambique and lower Zambezi River.
Pacific (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Indian Ocean (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)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Voyage autour du monde, pp 241, Pl. 51 (fig. 2)
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 13:05 (species record created: 2013 Apr 02 06:09)