{"id":752,"date":"2019-03-03T12:52:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T23:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/?page_id=752"},"modified":"2019-03-05T13:01:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T00:01:35","slug":"shortfin-eel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/shortfin-eel\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortfin Eel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"epiphytes\"><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: #ffffff;background-position: left top;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:80px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-top-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Puketi-Forest-logo-small.png\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" alt=\"Puketi Forest Trust, restoring and protecting the native wildlife, trees and plants of Puketi Forest in Northland, New Zealand.\" title=\"Puketi Forest Trust, restoring and protecting the native wildlife, trees and plants of Puketi Forest in Northland, New Zealand.\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-561\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Shortfin Eel<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#c7d3d6;border-top-width:1px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;max-width:126px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_2 fusion-builder-column-2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first 1_2\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><p>The shortfin eel, or Anguilla australis, is smaller than its cousin the longfin eel.<\/p>\n<p>They also differ from longfin eels in the length of their dorsal fin. In longfin eels the dorsal fin is longer and extends forward towards the head. Shortfin eels usually have a silvery belly compared to a yellowish one on longfins, but colours can vary quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Shortfin eels feed mostly stream insects and also snails and shrimps. When they grow larger, they add fish to their diet. Shortfin eels are good &#8220;climbers&#8221;\u2014they can often climb up walls and dams that block the paths of other fish, such as the banded kokopu.<\/p>\n<p>They typically live upstream among logs and along river banks. When they are 35 years old, these eels migrate downstream and out into the Pacific Ocean where they lay between one and three million eggs. When their young are one-and-a-half years old, they swim back to the mainland and to a river and turn a brown colour.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_2 fusion-builder-column-3 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last 1_2\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;\"><\/div><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New_Zealand_eel.jpg\" width=\"1245\" height=\"1369\" alt=\"Puketi Forest Trust, restoring and protecting the native wildlife, trees and plants of Puketi Forest in Northland, New Zealand.\" title=\"New_Zealand_eel\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New_Zealand_eel-200x220.jpg 200w, https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New_Zealand_eel-400x440.jpg 400w, https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New_Zealand_eel-600x660.jpg 600w, https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New_Zealand_eel-800x880.jpg 800w, https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New_Zealand_eel-1200x1320.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/New_Zealand_eel.jpg 1245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-4 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><p>Did you know? Although they vary in colour, pure yellow shortfin eels have been caught.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806,"href":"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752\/revisions\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/puketi.org.nz\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}