Anguilla australis was reported from 12 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 9 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 2 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 1 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: 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 Anguilla obscura and the surest way of distinguishing them is to count the vertebrae. Reported from Western and American Samoa (Ref. 592).
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Table 1: Present in 9 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Oceania Australia AUS native 6390
Oceania Fiji FJI native 5259
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 75154
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 5259
Oceania Pac Is Trust Tr PCI native 1739
Asia Philippines PHL native 12748
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592

Table 2: Possible in 2 countries/islands (stray, questionable)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania Tahiti TIT questionable 12754
Asia Thailand THA questionable 1632

Table 3: Absent from 1 countries/islands (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Asia Japan JPN not established 1739

Table 4: Reported from 12 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 592
Oceania Australia AUS native 6390
Oceania Fiji FJI native 5259
Asia Japan JPN not established 1739
Oceania New Caledonia NCL native 75154
Oceania New Zealand NZL native 5755
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 5259
Oceania Pac Is Trust Tr PCI native 1739
Asia Philippines PHL native 12748
Oceania Samoa WSM native 592
Oceania Tahiti TIT questionable 12754
Asia Thailand THA questionable 1632
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