Biology:Philippine mottled eel
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| Philippine mottled eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Anguillidae |
| Genus: | Anguilla |
| Species: | A. luzonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Anguilla luzonensis Watanabe, Aoyama & Tsukamoto, 2009
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The Philippine mottled eel (Anguilla luzonensis) is an eel in the family Anguillidae.[3] It was described by Shun Watanabe, Jun Aoyama, and Katsumi Tsukamoto in 2009.[4] It is a tropical eel known from the Pinacanauan River system on Luzon Island (from which the species epithet is derived), in the Philippines . The eels spend most of their lives in freshwater but migrate to the ocean to breed.
References
- ↑ Pike, C.; Crook, V.; Jacoby, D.; Gollock, M. (2020). "Anguilla luzonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T18435966A176497159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18435966A176497159.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18435966/176497159. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Synonyms of Anguilla luzonensis at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Anguilla luzonensis at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Watanabe, S., J. Aoyama and K. Tsukamoto, 2009 (Mar.) [ref. 30611] A new species of freshwater eel Anguilla luzonensis (Teleostei: Anguillidae) from Luzon Island of the Philippines. Fisheries Science (Tokyo) v. 75: 387-392.
Wikidata ☰ Q6399895 entry
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