Philippine Mottled Eel
Anguilla luzonensis
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Fish
The Philippine mottled eel is an eel in the family Anguillidae. It was described by Shun Watanabe, Jun Aoyama, and Katsumi Tsukamoto in 2009. It is a tropical eel known from the Pinacanauan River system on Luzon Island, in the Philippines. The eels spend most of their lives in freshwater but migrate to the ocean to breed.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Anguillidae
- Genus
- Anguilla