Alternate name
Marbled Eel, Long-finned Eel
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Comment
Common and widespread.
Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Local distribution
Found in the catchments of the Albert, Nerang and Coomera Rivers and Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creeks. Generally nocturnal catadromous species
Known location
Wolffdene, Wongawallan, Currumbin Valley, Tallebudgera Valley, Mudgeeraba, Springbrook NP, Canungra,
Other locality
Common and widespread in all freshwater habitats.
General ecology
Streams, rivers, lakes, dams, lagoons, ponds.
Specific ecology
Very adaptable, occurring in pristine mountain streams and polluted urban creeks.
Habitat comment
The common eel of creeks. Very hardy. Sometimes travels over land on damp nights in search of new water, and thus ending up in farm dams.
Threats
Large weirs that prevent migration to the sea, where it breeds.
Management
Not an indicator of habitat quality.
