Celebes longfin eel

Anguilla celebesensis

Females sink five hundred meters daytime rising at night

Tropical
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The Celebes longfin eel (Anguilla celebesensis) is an eel in the family Anguillidae. It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856. It is a tropical eel known from freshwaters in the Western Pacific, including Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Western and American Samoa.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Anguillidae
Genus: Anguilla
Maximum length: 150 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia to the Philippines and New Guinea. Reported from Western and American Samoa (Ref. 592 ).
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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