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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Anguillidae
Genus: Anguilla
Maximum length: 110 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Pacific Ocean: western New Guinea and Queensland, Australia to the Society Islands. A single specimen was recorded from a tributary of the Buffalo River, near King William's Town in South Africa (Ref. 3506 ), but this is questionable.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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