297 Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 Anguillidae Freshwater eels Anguilliformes Teleostei Short-finned eel Southwest Pacific: east coast of Australia and New Zealand, extending north to New Caledonia. Museum records from Fiji and Tahiti are doubtful. Australian and New Zealand forms sometimes recognized as subspecies. Most easily confused with <i>Anguilla obscura</i> and the surest way of distinguishing them is to count the vertebrae. Reported from Western and American Samoa (Ref. 592). AMNH 92125 Anguilla australis AMNH 95722 Anguilla australis GCRL 21174 1983 Anguilla australis AMNH 59039 1990 Anguilla australis AMNH 217149 1995 Anguilla australis AMNH 217150 1995 Anguilla australis AMNH 217151 1995 Anguilla australis AMNH 217152 1995 Anguilla australis AMNH 217153 1995 Anguilla australis AMNH 217154 1995 Anguilla australis