Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino; agua dulce; salobre bentopelágico; catadromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 23°N - 33°S
Asia: Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, and the East Indies. Reported from Nepal (Ref. 9496, 12045) and Bangladesh (Ref. 1479).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 85009); common length : 80.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4832); peso máximo publicado: 6.0 kg (Ref. 1479)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 250 - 305; Radios blandos anales: 220 - 250; Vértebra: 106 - 112. Body elongate, head conical, flattened dorsally. Mouth terminal, lips prominent, narrow bands of teeth on jaws, broad band on vomer.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Lives in freshwaters, but also occurs in estuaries and in the sea during early life and near maturity (Ref. 4832). Occurs in freshwater streams, pools and reservoirs and commonly found in mud substrates of tanks and in deep rock pools of rivers (Ref. 41236). Most common eel in Indian inland waters. There exists a good export market for both live elvers and eels. Highly prized as food fish because of its nutritional value. Fish mucous from live fish mixed with rice or wheat flour is used as medicine for arthritis (Ref. 44150).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. vol 1. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. i-liv + 1-541, 1 map (Ref. 4832)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuicultura: posible uso futuro; pesca deportiva: si
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 26.2 - 29.3, mean 28.3 °C (based on 292 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00076 (0.00037 - 0.00155), b=3.17 (3.00 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.8 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 25.7 [12.9, 56.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.5 [0.3, 0.9] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.3, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.246 [0.109, 0.567] g/100g; Selenium = 184 [71, 424] μg/100g; VitaminA = 20.6 [3.6, 106.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.956 [0.596, 1.561] mg/100g (wet weight);