Highlands long-finned eel

The Highlands long-finned eel (Anguilla interioris, also known as the New Guinea eel)^[2] is an eel in the family Anguillidae.^[3] It was described by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1938.^[4] It is a tropical eel known from freshwaters in eastern New Guinea. The eels spend most of their lives in freshwater but migrate to the ocean to breed. Males can reach a maximum total length of 80 centimetres.^[3]

Highlands long-finned eel
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Anguillidae
Genus:	Anguilla
Species:	A. interioris
Binomial name
Anguilla interioris Whitley, 1938

Anguilla interioris is considered most similar morphologically to Anguilla celebensis and Anguilla megastoma.^[5]