🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Giant mottled eel live?

Anguilla marmorata has 2,662 records in 47 countries and territories, from 1820 to 2026. Most records come from Réunion.

AnimaliaChordataAnguilliformesAnguillidaeAnguilla

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Réunion 631
Taiwan 472
French Polynesia 272
South Africa 200
Australia 197
Indonesia 186
Japan 141
Philippines 100
Palau 71
Fiji 48
Mozambique 42
Papua New Guinea 40
Micronesia 30
Mayotte 30
Madagascar 26
Comoros 19
New Caledonia 18
Hong Kong 14
ZZ 13
Vietnam 12
Cook Islands 11
China 9
Eswatini 8
Guam 6
Mauritius 6
Timor-Leste 6
Samoa 6
India 5
Vanuatu 5
Malaysia 4
France 3
South Korea 3
Solomon Islands 3
Seychelles 3
Wallis & Futuna 3
American Samoa 2
Burkina Faso 2
Ecuador 2
Northern Mariana Islands 2
United States Minor Outlying Islands 2

Showing the top 40 of 47 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Anguillidae.

European Eel
European Eel
1,098,254 records
Longfin eel
Longfin eel
40,863 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.