Distribution
This anguillid species can be found from East Africa to French Polynesia and north to southern Japan. In Africa, it may be found within Mozambique and the lower Zambezi River.[1] The marbled eel has the widest distribution of all the other Anguilla eels, and it consists of several different spawning populations throughout its range. It is usually found in tropical climates between 24°N to 33°S, but is found as far north as southern Japan.[1] It has also been found in other more distant regions such as the Galapagos possibly due to abnormal larval transport associated with El Niño-Southern Oscillation events. It is not on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, but in some areas, such as Taiwan, it is endangered, due to overfishing for medicinal purposes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbled_eel