Description
English: Anguilla bengalensis
Date 17 May 2015
Source Own work
Author BEDO (Thailand)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anguilla_bengalensis.jpg

The mottled eel (Anguilla bengalensis), also known as the African mottled eel, the Indian longfin eel, the Indian mottled eel, the long-finned eel or the river eel, is a demersal, catadromous eel in the family Anguillidae. Order: Anguilliformes, Family: Anguillidae, Subspecies: Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis sometimes known as the Indian mottled eel, Anguilla bengalensis labiata sometimes known as the African mottled eel.
Synonyms:
Anguilla nebulosa nebulosa McClelland, 1844
Anguilla elphinstonei Sykes, 1839
Muraena maculata (non Lacepède, 1800)
Anguilla bengalensis (non Gray, 1831)