schmidtii, Anguilla Phillipps [W. J.] 1925:30, Fig. 4 [The New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology v. 8 (no. 2); ref. 23932] Foxton, western coast of Wellington, New Zealand. Holotype (unique): NMNZ. •Synonym of Anguilla australis Richardson 1841, but a valid subspecies -- (Ege 1939:152 [ref. 13172], Marquet & Mary 1999:31 [ref. 23933], Huang et al. 2001:42 [ref. 25846] as schmidti and Phillips, Watanabe et al. 2005:677 [ref. 39169], Teng et al. 2009:817 [ref. 30569], Kuroki et al. 2022:177 [ref. 39912]). •Synonym of Anguilla australis Richardson 1841 -- (Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:316 [ref. 28867], Fricke et al. 2011:348 [ref. 31242]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla australis Richardson 1841. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.