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Common Name: shortfin eel
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: McCosker (1989) presented a key to several Anguilla species including this one; the distinctive feature is a dorsal fin that begins above the anal fin origin. Distinguishing characteristics and photographs appeared in Merrick and Schmida (1984).
Size: 110 cm and 6.8 kg.
Native Range: Marine, estuarine, and fresh water. In Australia, restricted to the Tasmanian, Southeast Coast, and southernmost Northeast Coast drainages; also extends to Lord Howe and Norfolk islands, New Zealand, and to the Chatham Islands (Merrick and Schmida 1984).
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Common Name: shortfin eel
Taxonomy: available through
Identification: McCosker (1989) presented a key to several Anguilla species including this one; the distinctive feature is a dorsal fin that begins above the anal fin origin. Distinguishing characteristics and photographs appeared in Merrick and Schmida (1984).
Size: 110 cm and 6.8 kg.
Native Range: Marine, estuarine, and fresh water. In Australia, restricted to the Tasmanian, Southeast Coast, and southernmost Northeast Coast drainages; also extends to Lord Howe and Norfolk islands, New Zealand, and to the Chatham Islands (Merrick and Schmida 1984).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Two specimens were collected from Puddingstone Reservoir, Los Angeles County, California, in June and July 1983. A 7-to 8-year-old eel was collected from Legg Lake, Los Angeles County, in 1985 (McCosker 1989; Williamson and Tabeta 1991; Swift et al. 1993).
Means of Introduction: Unknown. Possible escapes or releases from fish farms or markets (McCosker 1989). Many live eels were imported during the period when these fish were discovered in open waters (Swift et al. 1993).
Status: Reported from California.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: Anguilla australis greater than 50 cm in length are highly piscivorous and may significantly prey on native fishes (Swift et al. 1993). Also see remarks for A. anguilla.
Voucher specimens: LACM 44140, 43527-1, LACM unnumbered.
McCosker, J. E. 1989. Freshwater eels (family Anguillidae) in California: current conditions and future scenarios. California Fish and Game 75(1):4-10.
Merrick, J. R., and G. E. Schmida. 1984. Australian freshwater fishes: biology and management. Griffin Press, Netley, South Australia.
Swift, C. C., T. R. Haglund, M. Ruiz, and R. N. Fisher. 1993. The status and distribution of the freshwater fishes of southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 92(3):101-167.
Williamson, G. R., and O. Tabeta. 1991. Search for Anguilla eels on the West Coast of North America and on the Aleutian and Hawaiian Islands. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 38(3):315-317.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico
Revision Date: 11/13/2003 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Anguilla australis. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=309> Revision Date: 11/13/2003
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