Philippine mottled eel

Anguilla luzonensis

Vulnerable eel of one northern Luzon river

Tropical
Upper river
Regional distribution
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The Philippine mottled eel (Anguilla luzonensis) is an eel in the family Anguillidae. It was described by Shun Watanabe, Jun Aoyama, and Katsumi Tsukamoto in 2009. It is a tropical eel known from the Pinacanauan River system on Luzon Island (from which the species epithet is derived), in the Philippines.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Anguillidae
Genus: Anguilla
Maximum length: 100 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Philippines: upper reaches of the Pinacanauan River system, a tributary of the Cagayan River in northern Luzon Island, Philippines.
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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