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View Mode View All Pictures Species Anguilla megastoma Kaup    Anguilla megastoma was originally described as Anguilla megastoma by Kaup in 1856. It belongs to the family Anguillidae. It is commonly known as Polynesian longfinned eel and is known in Australia as Pacific long-finned eel, in USA (contiguous states) as Polynesian longfin eel, in Papua New Guinea as Pacific long-finned eel, in Tahiti as Tuna, in United Kingdom as Pacific eel. more common names It is found in Fresh, Brackish and Salt water and its distribution is Western Pacific: New Caledonia to Society and Gambier islands.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   megastoma AuthorWI   Kaup [J. J.] AuthorNI   Kaup Qualification   --- Year   1856 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Anguilliformes Anguilliformes Family   Anguillidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Anguilla Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Anguilliformes Family   Anguillidae Genus   Anguilla Original Name   Anguilla         Taxon Name   megastoma Original Combination   Anguilla megastoma Original Genus   Anguilla Original Genus Species   Anguilla megastoma OriginalSubGenus   Anguilla Original Author   Kaup Original AuthorWI   Kaup [J. J.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1856 Original Family   Anguillidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:96 [ref. 20810]. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   MNHN A-9952 Journal   Cat. Apodal Fish Page   50 Illustrations   Pl. 8 (fig. 42) SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Anguilla megastoma Current Species   megastoma Current Genus   Anguilla Current AuthorWI   Günther [A.] Current AuthorNI   Günther Current Year   1856 Current Family   Anguillidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat demersal         Water Fresh, Brackish and Salt water Habitat Notes Found in rocky pools, often in coastal streams (Ref. 2847). No separate statistics available (Ref. 9828).     Distribution Western Pacific: New Caledonia to Society and Gambier islands. Current Summary   Valid as Anguilla megastoma  Kaup 1856. Anguillidae.   Name History   • Valid as Anguilla megastoma  Kaup 1856 -- (Ege 1939:10 [ref. 13172], Allen 1991:40 [ref. 21090], Marquet & Mary 1999:31 [ref. 23933], Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Smith 1999:1636 [ref. 24661], Aoyama et al. 2000:159 [ref. 24529], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:56 [ref. 25191], Huang et al. 2001:42 [ref. 25846], Keith et al. 2002:86 [ref. 31473], Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624], McCosker et al. 2007:144 [ref. 28973], Teng et al. 2009:817 [ref. 30569], Watanabe et al. 2009:387 [ref. 30611], Fricke et al. 2011:348 [ref. 31242]). Common Names  Common Names Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 7 (174 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   acuminata Anguilla (Ophisurus) acuminata Swainson [W.] 1839 Synonym acuminata Anguilla acuminata Swainson [W.] 1839 Synonym acutirostris Anguilla acutirostris Risso [A.] 1827 Synonym aegyptiaca Anguilla aegyptiaca Kaup [J. J.] 1856 Synonym altirostris Anguilla altirostris Kaup [J. J.] 1856 Synonym amblodon Anguilla amblodon Günther [A.] in Playfair & Günther 1867 Synonym amboinensis Anguilla amboinensis Peters [W. C. H.] 1866 Synonym anacamptoentera Anguilla anacamptoentera Balsamo-Crivelli [G. G.] & Maggi [L.] 1872 Uncertain ancestralis Anguilla ancestralis Ege [V.] 1939 Synonym ancidda Anguilla ancidda Kaup [J. J.] 1856 Synonym aneitensis Anguilla aneitensis Günther [A.] 1870 Synonym anguilla Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus [C.] 1758) Valid anguilla macrocephala Anguilla anguilla macrocephala (De la Pylaie [A. J. M.] 1835) Not available anguilla ornithorhyncha Anguilla anguilla ornithorhyncha (De la Pylaie [A. J. M.] 1835) Not available anguilla oxycephala Anguilla anguilla oxycephala (De la Pylaie [A. J. M.] 1835) Not available angustidens Anguilla angustidens Kaup [J. J.] 1846 Synonym argentea Anguilla argentea (Lesueur [C. A.] 1817) Synonym arracana Anguilla arracana McClelland [J.] 1844 Synonym aterrima Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque [C. S.] 1820 Synonym aucklandii Anguilla aucklandii Richardson [J.] 1848 Synonym australis Anguilla australis Richardson [J.] 1841 Valid australis australis Anguilla australis australis Richardson [J.] 1841 Synonym australis occidentalis Anguilla australis occidentalis Schmidt [J.] 1928 Synonym australis orientalis Anguilla australis orientalis Schmidt [J.] 1928 Synonym australis schmidti Anguilla australis schmidti Phillipps [W. J.] 1925 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 7 (174 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]234567 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…