Anguilla bicolor McClelland
Description
Anguilla bicolor McClelland
Indian Short-finned Eel
Within Australia, this species is known only from the Kimberley and Pilbara (Indian Ocean Drainage Division, see Fig. 1) (Morgan & Gill 2004). The Kimberley distribution is sporadic (Fig. 4), with few specimens in the WAM and single site records during each of the studies by Allen (1975), Hutchins (1981), Morgan et al. (2002, 2004a) and Storey (2003) (Fig. 4). Within the Kimberley, A. bicolor is known from the Fitzroy, Prince Regent and Ord Rivers, and it has also been collected in Crystal Creek (Admiralty Gulf) and in Doubtful Bay (WAM records). Anguilla bicolor is also found in Tunnel Creek (May River) (Morgan, unpublished data). The sporadic distribution of A. bicolor throughout the Kimberley is probably a reflection of the number of natural barriers (waterfalls) that occur throughout the rivers of the region, which would limit the ability of the species to colonise many of its rivers.
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Anguillidae
- Genus
- Anguilla
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Species
- bicolor
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Allen, G. R. (1975) A preliminary checklist of the freshwater fishes of the Prince Regent River Reserve north-west Kimberley, Western Australia. In: Miles, J. M. & Burbidge, A. A. (Eds), A biological survey of the Prince Regent River Reserve Northwest Kimberley, Western Australia in August, 1974. Wildlife Research Bulletin of Western Australia, 3, 89 - 96.
- Hutchins, J. B. (1981) Freshwater fish fauna of the Mitchell Plateau Area, Kimberley, Western Australia. Pages 229 - 247. In, Biological survey of Mitchell Plateau and Admiralty Gulf, Kimberley, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
- Morgan, D., Allen, M., Bedford, P. & Horstman, M. (2002) Inland fish fauna of the Fitzroy River Western Australia (including the Bunuba, Gooniyandi, Ngarinyin, Nyikina and Walmajarri names). Report to the Natural Heritage Trust. December 2002. Project Number 003123. http: // www. cffr. murdoch. edu. au / reports / Fitzroy _ Fish _ report. pdf
- Morgan, D. L., Allen, M. G., Bedford, P. & Horstman, M. (2004 a) Fish fauna of the Fitzroy River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia - including the Bunuba, Gooniyandi, Ngarinyin, Nyikina and Walmajarri Aboriginal names. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 22, 147 - 161.
- Storey, A. W. (2003) Lower Ord River fish habitat survey. University of Western Australia report to Water and Rivers Commission. www. dsd. wa. gov. au / documents / Storey _ 2003 _ - _ Lower _ Ord _ River _ fish _ habitat _ survey. pdf