WoRMS taxon details
Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, 1842
271703 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271703)
accepted
Species
Anguilla dieffenbachi Gray, 1842 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1842). Three hitherto unrecorded species of fresh-water fish, brought from New Zealand and presented to the British Museum by Dr. Dieffenbach. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> [No. 1]: 73. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271703 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1842). Three hitherto unrecorded species of fresh-water fish, brought from New Zealand and presented to the British Museum by Dr. Dieffenbach. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> [No. 1]: 73. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Nieuw-Zeelandse paling | [details] |
| English | New Zealand longfin eel | [details] |
| French | Anguille de Nouvelle-Zélande | [details] |
| German | Neuseeländischer Langflossenaal | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Anguilla dieffenbachi Gray, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla dieffenbachii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla dieffenbachi Gray, 1842)
To FishBase images (Anguilla dieffenbachii, New Zealand, by Bursell, J.J.)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Anguilla dieffenbachi Gray, 1842)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Anguilla dieffenbachi Gray, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla dieffenbachii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla dieffenbachi Gray, 1842)
To FishBase images (Anguilla dieffenbachii, New Zealand, by Bursell, J.J.)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Anguilla dieffenbachi Gray, 1842)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
