Species Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Anguilla marmorata Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1824. Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. pp. 192-401 in Freycinet, L.C.D. de (ed.). Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par ordre du Roi, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris : Pillet Aîné Vol. 1 712 pp. 96 pls. [241].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHNP A-4109 1, Waigeo [Waigiou], Indonesia; MNHNP 0000-3130 1, Waigeo [Waigiou], Indonesia.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known from freshwater coastal streams to the north and south of Cairns, QLD; tropical, temperate, Indo-west Pacific (South Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes, southern Japan, New Caledonia)
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Amphidromous.
General References
McGrouther, M.A. Oct 2022. Marbled Eel (Anguilla marmorata). iNaturalist: Australasian Fishes. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139288434 [viewed 7 Feb 2023]
Thuesen, P.A., Ebner, B.C., Larson, H.K., Keith, P., Silcock, R.M., Prince, J. & Russell, D.J. 2011. Amphidromy links a newly documented fish community of continental Australian streams, to oceanic islands of the west Pacific. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 6(10): e26685 (11 pages) [4, 6]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANGUILLIDAE | 07-Feb-2023 | ADDED | Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS) |