Indian mottled eel (Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis) fish species and information / pictures of Indian mottled eel - Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis

Indian mottled eel (Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis) fish species information

Scientific Name
Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis

Common Name
Indian mottled eel

Biology
Dorsal soft rays (total): 250-305; Anal soft rays: 220 - 250; Vertebrae: 106 - 112. Body elongate, head conical, flattened dorsally. Mouth terminal, lips prominent, narrow bands of teeth on jaws, broad band on vomer.

Classification

Classified By

Gray, 1831

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Eels and Morays (Anguilliformes)

Family

Freshwater eels (Anguillidae)

Distribution

Region

Asia

Distribution

Asia: Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, and the East Indies. Reported from Nepal (Ref. 9496, 12045) and Bangladesh (Ref. 1479). Endangered status in India (Ref. 44150). Anguilla bengalensis labiata is the African subspecies (Ref. 3971).

Range

23°N - 33°S

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

Unknown m

Zone

benthopelagic

Environment

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; catadromous (Ref. 51243)

Trophic Level

3.63 s.e. 0.58 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

True

Occurs in Fresh Water

True

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

120 cm

Common Length

80.0 cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; gamefish: yes

Vulnerability

High to very high vulnerability (74 of 100)

Resilience

Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

  Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

  Not Evaluated