WoRMS taxon details
Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841
293541 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293541)
accepted
Species
Angguilla australis Richardson, 1841 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Anguilla australis australis Richardson, 1841 · unaccepted
Anguilla australis occidentalis Schmidt, 1928 · unaccepted
Anguilla australis schmidti Phillipps, 1925 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Anguilla australis schmidtii Phillipps, 1925 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Anguilla austrata Richardson, 1841 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Anguilla schmidtii Phillipps, 1925 · unaccepted
Muraena australis (Richardson, 1841) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Anguilla australis australis Richardson, 1841 accepted as Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841
- Subspecies Anguilla australis occidentalis Schmidt, 1928 accepted as Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841
- Subspecies Anguilla australis schmidti Phillipps, 1925 accepted as Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Subspecies Anguilla australis schmidtii Phillipps, 1925 accepted as Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Richardson, J. (1841). [On some new or little known fishes from the Australian seas]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1841.</em> (pt 9): 21-22. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293541 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Richardson, J. (1841). [On some new or little known fishes from the Australian seas]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1841.</em> (pt 9): 21-22. [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 | Australische paling [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | short-finned eel [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | anguille d'Australie [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Australischer Aal [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anguilla australis australis Richardson, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Anguilla australis occidentalis Schmidt, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Muraena australis (Richardson, 1841))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla australis australis) (from synonym Anguilla australis australis Richardson, 1841)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla australis schmidti) (from synonym Anguilla australis schmidti Phillipps, 1925)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla australis)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla australis australis Richardson, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena australis (Richardson, 1841))
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla austrata Richardson, 1841)
To Fishbase (from synonym Anguilla schmidtii Phillipps, 1925)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla australis occidentalis Schmidt, 1928)
To FishBase images (Anguilla australis, New Zealand, by McDowall, R.M.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Anguilla australis schmidti Phillipps, 1925)
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Anguilla australis schmidtii Phillipps, 1925)
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Anguilla australis australis Richardson, 1841)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anguilla australis australis Richardson, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Anguilla australis occidentalis Schmidt, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Muraena australis (Richardson, 1841))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla australis australis) (from synonym Anguilla australis australis Richardson, 1841)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla australis schmidti) (from synonym Anguilla australis schmidti Phillipps, 1925)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla australis)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla australis australis Richardson, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena australis (Richardson, 1841))
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla austrata Richardson, 1841)
To Fishbase (from synonym Anguilla schmidtii Phillipps, 1925)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla australis occidentalis Schmidt, 1928)
To FishBase images (Anguilla australis, New Zealand, by McDowall, R.M.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Anguilla australis schmidti Phillipps, 1925)
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 35 proteins) (from synonym Anguilla australis schmidtii Phillipps, 1925)
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Anguilla australis australis Richardson, 1841)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
