Ключевые слова: anguilla dieffenbachii, anguillidae, anguilliformes, aotearoa, at risk, beautiful, chordata, eel, endangered, endemic, eye, eyes, fin, fish, food, freshwater, good sense of smell, horns, hunter, long body, longfin, looking, mobile, mouth, native, native eel, native fish, nature, new zealand, olfaction, olfactory sensors, over fished, predator, reshwater eel, rocks, scary, see, sensitive, serpent, slimy, staring, stones, swim, swimming, taniwha, threatened, tube nostrils, tuna, water, waterdwelling,