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African longfin eel

Anguilla mossambica Peters, 1852

(SiSwati: )


Swaziland Red Data Status: Uncommon
Southern African Red Data Status:
International Red Data Status: Least Concern 2014 IUCN Red List
Description:

Key Features:
Comments: Largely restricted to Komati system but also found in the rivers of the Mlawula Nature Reserve, and the Ngwavuma. Migratory therefore inhibited by dams weirs etc. but not restricted. No evidence of a contraction of range c.f Clay (1976). (Hyslop, 1994)

 31 records, from 1967/07/29 to 2018/05/20