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IN New Zealand there are two species of eel recognised by J. Schmidt.1 These are the short-finned eel, Anguilla australis, and the long-finned eel, Anguilla aucklandii. Latterly I have shown that Anguilla aucklandii must become Anguilla dieffenbachii on the grounds of priority.2 Sexes of eels keep apart in our fresh water and in the migration seawards of eels in the autumn this segregation of the species is usually most marked. The male in both species is small, while females are much larger, the last to migrate seawards being the large female A. dieffenbachii, which generally measure more than 5 ft.
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PHILLIPPS, W. Hybridism in Eels. Nature 130, 889–890 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130889c0
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