Anguillidae - Freshwater Eels

  • Updated
    16/06/22

The family Anguillidae contains a single genus, Anguilla. There are about 20 species worldwide with four species known from Australia. Explore images and fact sheets of the Anguillid family.

Anguillidae - Freshwater Eels

3 Fact Sheets in this section

As its name implies, the Freshwater Moray also lives in freshwater, but it is classified in the family Muraenidae, not Anguillidae.

Freshwater Eel images

Southern Shortfin Eel, Anguilla australis
[irn: 2185542] - I.47305-001 - Anguilla australis [irn: 2185543] - I.47306-001 - Anguilla reinhardtii
John Stuart and Longfin Eel