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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 / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical
Asia: Nepal.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 85009)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 28; Anal soft rays: 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)
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
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).