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Summary for Anguilla japonica Larvae
Japanese eel

Anguilla  japonica  Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Family:	Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)
Order:	Anguilliformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Japanese eel
Distribution:	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.
Adult biology:	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). Feeds on crustaceans, insects and fish (Ref. 5258). Utilized fresh, smoked, canned and frozen; eaten steamed, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).
Diagnosis:	An average growth rate of 0.59 mm per day was estimated (Ref. 4826) . See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	subtropical; 4 - 27°C; 42°N - 22°N
Main Ref:	Tsukamoto, K., A. Umezawa and T. Ozawa. 1992. (Ref. 4826)
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	Modified: Luna, Susan M.	Entered: Froese, Rainer

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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