''Anguilla bicolor'' is a species of

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

in the genus ''

Anguilla Anguilla is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Sa ...

'' of the family

Anguillidae The Anguillidae are a family of ray-finned fish that contains the freshwater eels. All the extant species and six subspecies in this family are in the genus ''Anguilla'', and are elongated fish of snake-like bodies, with long dorsal, caudal and a ...

, consisting of two subspecies.

Subspecies

* ''

Anguilla bicolor bicolor The Indonesian shortfin eel (''Anguilla bicolor bicolor'') is a subspecies of eel in the genus ''Anguilla'' of the family Anguillidae. It is found throughout the tropical coastal regions of the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean Th ...

'' sometimes known as the Indonesian shortfin eel. * ''

Anguilla bicolor pacifica The Indian shortfin eel, ''Anguilla bicolor pacifica'', is a species of eel in the genus ''Anguilla (fish), Anguilla'' of the family Anguillidae. The Indian shortfin eel typically lives in fresh water or brackish water. The habitat use of the Ind ...

'' sometimes known as the Indian shortfin eel.

References

Anguillidae Near threatened animals Freshwater fish of Sri Lanka Fish described in 1844 {{Anguilliformes-stub