Anguilla bangalensis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Anguilloidei

Familia: Anguillidae
Genus: Anguilla
Species: Anguilla bengalensis
Subspecies: A. b. bengalensis – A. b. labiata
Name

Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)

Vernacular names
English: Indian mottled eel
ไทย: ปลาสะแงะ, ปลาไหลหูขาว

The mottled eel[3] (Anguilla bengalensis), also known as the African mottled eel, the Indian longfin eel, the Indian mottled eel, the long-finned eel or the river eel,[4] is a demersal, catadromous[5] eel in the family Anguillidae.[6] It was described by John McClelland in 1844.[7] It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from East Africa, Bangladesh, Andaman Islands, Mozambique, Malawi, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, and Indonesia and recently from Madagascar.[8] The eels spend most of their lives in freshwater at a depth range of 3–10 metres, but migrate to the Indian Ocean to breed. Males can reach a maximum total length of 121 centimetres and a maximum weight of 7,000 grams.[6] The eels feed primarily off of benthic crustaceans, mollusks, finfish and worms.[9]

The exact classification of the species was a debate in recent times, where some major fish websites (ex. Fish Base) classified the species under the name A. nebulosa. But according to the IUCN Red List 2015 version, the fish species should be classified as A. bengalensis with some subspecies.[10]
Subspecies

Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis sometimes known as the Indian mottled eel.[11]
Anguilla bengalensis labiata sometimes known as the African mottled eel.[12]

References

Pike, C.; Crook, V.; Jacoby, D.; Gollock, M. (2020). "Anguilla bengalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T61668607A176497430. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T61668607A176497430.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Synonyms of Anguilla nebulosa Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
"Long-finned eel (Anguilla nebulosa) longevity, ageing, and life history".
Common names for Anguilla nebulosa Archived 2016-03-10 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/fish/Anguilliformes/Anguillidae/Anguilla-nebulosa
Anguilla nebulosa Archived 2013-04-12 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
McClelland, J., 1844 (5 July) [ref. 2928] Apodal fishes of Bengal. Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18): 151-226, Pls. 5-14.
Frost, Winifred E.; IMAMURA K (1957). "First Record of the Elver of the African Eel Anguilla nebulosa labiata Peters". Nature. 179 (4559): 594–5. Bibcode:1957Natur.179..594F. doi:10.1038/179594a0. PMID 13418745. S2CID 4298572.
Food items reported for Anguilla nebulosa at www.fishbase.org.
Pike, C.; Crook, V.; Gollock, M.; Jacoby, D. (2019). "Anguilla bengalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61668607A96227813. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61668607A96227813.en. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis in FishBase. 05 2006 version.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Anguilla bengalensis labiata in FishBase. 05 2006 version.