Highlands long-finned eel

Anguilla interioris

Broad sloping head carries an unusually long mouth

Tropical
Regional distribution
Oceania
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The Highlands long-finned eel (Anguilla interioris, also known as the New Guinea eel) is an eel in the family Anguillidae. It was described by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1938. It is a tropical eel known from freshwaters in eastern New Guinea.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Anguillidae
Genus: Anguilla
Maximum length: 80 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Oceania: known only from the eastern half of New Guinea.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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