WoRMS taxon details
Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
271705 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271705)
accepted
Species
Anguilla angustidens Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anguilla breviceps Chu & Jin, 1984 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anguilla manabei Jordan, 1913 · unaccepted
Anguilla nigricans Chu & Wu, 1984 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anguilla remifera Jordan & Evermann, 1902 · unaccepted
Anguilla sinensis McClelland, 1843 · unaccepted
Muraena pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1846). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Parts 10-14: 173-269. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271705 on 2025-03-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1846). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Parts 10-14: 173-269. [details]
original description (of Anguilla nigricans Chu & Wu, 1984) Chu, Y.-T. (1984). The fishes of Fujian Province (Part 1.). <em>Fujian Science and Technology Press, Fujian.</em> i-x + 1-21 + 1-528, 2 maps. [In Chinese. Many contributors, Chu is editor.]. [details]
original description (of Anguilla breviceps Chu & Jin, 1984) Chu, Y.-T. (1984). The fishes of Fujian Province (Part 1.). <em>Fujian Science and Technology Press, Fujian.</em> i-x + 1-21 + 1-528, 2 maps. [In Chinese. Many contributors, Chu is editor.]. [details]
original description (of Muraena pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855) Basilewsky, S. (1855). Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. <em>Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10: 215-263, Pls. 1-9. [Published in 1855, written in 1852 (see cover). Plates cited in text do not agree with the actual plates.]. [details]
original description (of Anguilla nigricans Chu & Wu, 1984) Chu, Y.-T. (1984). The fishes of Fujian Province (Part 1.). <em>Fujian Science and Technology Press, Fujian.</em> i-x + 1-21 + 1-528, 2 maps. [In Chinese. Many contributors, Chu is editor.]. [details]
original description (of Anguilla breviceps Chu & Jin, 1984) Chu, Y.-T. (1984). The fishes of Fujian Province (Part 1.). <em>Fujian Science and Technology Press, Fujian.</em> i-x + 1-21 + 1-528, 2 maps. [In Chinese. Many contributors, Chu is editor.]. [details]
original description (of Muraena pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855) Basilewsky, S. (1855). Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. <em>Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10: 215-263, Pls. 1-9. [Published in 1855, written in 1852 (see cover). Plates cited in text do not agree with the actual plates.]. [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
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Japanse paling | [details] |
| English | Japanese eel | [details] |
| French | anguille du Japon | [details] |
| German | Japanischer Aal | [details] |
| Japanese | ニホンウナギ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Anguilla remifera Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla japonica)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla nigricans Chu & Wu, 1984)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla remifera Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla breviceps Chu & Jin, 1984)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla angustidens Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855)
To Fishbase (from synonym Anguilla manabei Jordan, 1913)
To FishBase images (Anguilla japonica, Chinese Taipei, by Shao, K.T.)
To GenBank (1303470 nucleotides; 998 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Anguilla remifera Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla japonica)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla nigricans Chu & Wu, 1984)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla remifera Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla breviceps Chu & Jin, 1984)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla angustidens Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855)
To Fishbase (from synonym Anguilla manabei Jordan, 1913)
To FishBase images (Anguilla japonica, Chinese Taipei, by Shao, K.T.)
To GenBank (1303470 nucleotides; 998 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
