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Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)
Etymology: Neoanguilla: Genus and type species provisionally named Neoanguilla nepalensis, derived from Greek word 'Neo", meaning new, and 'nepalensis', referring to Nepal.
Issue
Described provisionally, not available on Art. 16.1 and Art. 16.4. See nomenclatural details in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Oct. 2012: Ref. 92135).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal. Subtropical
Asia: Nepal.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 85009)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 26 - 28; Radios blandos anales: 24. Dorsal fin with 26-28 rays; and anal fin with 24 rays; and caudal fin with 6 rays. Pectoral fin very much reduced leaf like (Ref. 85009)
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Adults inhabit dark subterranean system, usually adapted to life in dark cravens and fissures. Occasionally encountered in wells or pits, they sometimes burrow into soft bottom sediments (Ref. 85009).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Shrestha, T.K., 2008. Ichthyology of Nepal: a study of fishes of the Himalayan waters. Kathmandu : Himalayan Ecosphere, 388 p., [104] p. of plates : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm. (Ref. 85009)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00081 (0.00039 - 0.00168), b=3.15 (2.97 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.1 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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