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The African longfin eel [3] Anguilla mossambica longfin eel , is an eel in the family Anguillidae .[4] Wilhelm Peters in 1852, originally under the genus Muraena [5] tropical eel known from freshwaters in southern Kenya, Cape Agulhas , Madagascar, and New Caledonia . The eels spend most of their lives in freshwaters far inland, but migrate to the Western Indian Ocean to breed. Males can reach a maximum total length of 150 centimetres; females can reach a maximum standard length of 120 centimetres and a maximum weight of 5,000 grams. The eels can live for about 20 years.[4] carcasses , crabs , and bony fish .[6]
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The African longfin eel is raised in commercial fisheries as well as aquafarms , and is also considered a game fish . It has fatty flesh which is prized in a smoked or jellied dish.[4]
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^ Common names for Anguilla mossambica Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
^ a b c Anguilla mossambica
^ Peters, W. (C. H.), 1852 [ref. 18539] Diagnosen von neuen Flussfischen aus Mossambique. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852: 275-276, 681-685.
^ Food items reported for Anguilla mossambica Archived 2013-04-12 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
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