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Etymology: Anguilla: Latin, anguilla, .-ae = eel (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; agua dulce; salobre demersal; catadromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 1 - 400 m (Ref. 6898). Subtropical; 4°C - 27°C (Ref. 12468); 46°N - 15°N, 105°E - 170°E

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Asia: Japan to the East China Sea, Taiwan, Korea, China and northern Philippines. Spawning grounds of this species are presumed to be in the western Mariana Islands, at a salinity front near 15°N and 140°E (Ref. 54488). Most expensive food fish in Japan. Introduced elsewhere.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 150 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9828); common length : 40.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 35840); peso máximo publicado: 1.9 kg (Ref. 82795)

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Vértebra: 114 - 118. Plain-colored.

Spawning occurs in the sea; small eels ascend the rivers in schools; develop and grow in freshwater. The species may crawl over land at night from one place to another (Ref. 5258, 11230). Adults feed on crustaceans, insects and fish (Ref. 5258). Maximum weight given (1889 g) has a maximum length of 100.8 cm TL in Ref. 82795. Utilized fresh, smoked, canned and frozen; eaten steamed, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).

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Assuming reproductive mode to be the same as that of Anguilla anguilla.

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Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Endangered (EN) (A2bcd); Date assessed: 06 November 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: muy comercial; Acuicultura: comercial

FAO - Aquaculture systems: producción, species profile; pesquerías: landings, species profile; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.5 - 23.3, mean 17 °C (based on 432 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00062 (0.00039 - 0.00099), b=3.18 (3.05 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.51 se; based on food items.

Generation time: 15.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (K=0.07).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 32.7 [19.9, 65.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.741 [0.434, 1.157] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [17.7, 21.4] %; Omega3 = 0.35 [0.19, 0.67] g/100g; Selenium = 55.1 [28.6, 103.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.74 [1.85, 42.36] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.685 [0.498, 0.991] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846