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Anguilla megastoma

Polynesian Longfin Eel

Native range continent: Australia

Anguilla megastoma is listed in the freshwater record catalogue (eels).

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Record photograph for Anguilla megastoma
courtesy of Bernhard Höller · Record catch photograph

Record claims

Within the current result set, documented rod-and-reel weights are preferred, then documented unknown-method weights, then other methods, then found-dead. Length is used only when no weight exists; age only when neither weight nor length exists. Questionable claims appear only if nothing documented remains. Ties prefer the larger value, then exact over approximate/over, then the newer year.

Method unknown Documented

~ 12 kg · ~ 150 cm

Weight and length are not asserted as the same specimen.

Method
Method unknown
Year
2009
Place
creek · French Polynesia · Australia
Catch photographs
Record photograph for Anguilla megastoma
courtesy of Bernhard Höller · Record catch photo

Sighted (method not recorded as a catch).

Other methods Documented

22,19 kg

Method
Other methods
Year
Year unknown
Place
New Guinea, Polynesia, Sulawesi · French Polynesia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands · Asia with Russia, Australia

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