Anguillidae

Pacific shortfinned eel

Anguilla obscura

Short dorsal begins just ahead of the vent

• Gray
• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

The Pacific shortfinned eel (Anguilla obscura), also known as the Pacific shortfinned freshwater eel, the short-finned eel, and the South Pacific eel, is an eel in the family Anguillidae. It was described by Albert Günther in 1871. It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from western New Guinea, Queensland, Australia, the Society Islands, and possibly South Africa.