Distributions and Habitats:

FAMILY Anguillidae Rafinesque, 1810 - freshwater

GENUS Anguilla Schrank, 1798 - freshwater eels

Species Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - common Distribution: Western and eastern Atlantic, Baltic Sea, North Sea, White Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Sea of Marmara: European seas and adjacent watersheds, spawing and larval migration routes to and from the western Atlantic. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 - shortfinned eel Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species (Gray, 1831) - Distribution: Indian Ocean; southeastern Africa; Nepal, India Pakistan and Bangladesh. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species McClelland, 1844 - shortfin eel Distribution: Western Indian Ocean, Africa and India: South African and East African watersheds and islands in Western Indian Ocean (Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes) east to India and Sri Lanka and to Western , north to China. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Popta, 1924 - Indonesian longfinned eel Distribution: Bo River, eastern Borneo. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine

Species Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856 - Celebes longfin eel Distribution: Western Pacific: Philippines to central Indonesia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, 1842 - Distribution: New Zealand. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla interioris Whitley, 1938 - highlands longfin eel Distribution: New Guinea to Sumatra. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 - Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla luzonensis Watanabe et al., 2009 - Philippine mottled eel Distribution: Pinacanauan River system, tributary of Cagayan River, northern Luzon Island, Philippines. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla malgumora Kaup, 1856 - Indonesian longfinned eel Distribution: Southeastern Asia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 - Distribution: Africa, Asia, Australia, Indo-West Pacific: South African and East African watersheds and adjacent oceanic waters (including Madagascar and Mascarenes) east to Caroline Islands (Micronesia), Mariana Islands, Gambier Islands and Marquesas Islands, north to southern Japan, south to South Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla megastoma Kaup, 1856 - Polynesian longfin eel Distribution: Western Pacific: New Caledonia to Society and Gambier islands. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852) - Distribution: Western Indian Ocean, southeastern Africa: South African and East African watersheds and adjacent oceanic waters including Madagascar and western Mascarenes. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla nebulosa McClelland, 1844 - African mottled eel Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872 - Pacific shortfinned freshwater eel Distribution: Western South Pacific, east to Tuamotu Archipelago and Gambier Islands. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867 - Distribution: Asia and southwestern Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817) - Distribution: Western Atlantic north to Newfoundland and Greenland; North, Central and South America; West Indies and in Atlantic and Caribbean draining rivers. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.