The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a facultative catadromous fish found on the eastern coast of North America. Freshwater eels are fish belonging...
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species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage and are usually predators. The term "eel" is also...
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Because fishermen never caught anything they recognized as young eels, the life cycle of the eel was long a mystery. Of particular interest has been the search...
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Eels are elongated fish, ranging in length from five centimetres (2 in) to four metres (13 ft). Adults range in weight from 30 grams to over 25 kilograms...
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European eel (A. anguilla), and American eel ( A. rostrata). The life cycle for eels has not been closed in captivity on a sustainable level, and any eel farms...
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The Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica; nihon unagi (日本鰻)) is a species of anguillid eel found in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, and Vietnam, as well as the...
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not a true eel. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Anarrhichthys. The wolf eel was first formally described in 1855 by the American physician...
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Anguillidae (redirect from Freshwater eel)
many Anguillid eels are of conservation concern, including the European eel (A. anguilla), the American eel (A. rostrata), the Japanese eel (A. japonica)...
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The electric eels are a genus, Electrophorus, of neotropical freshwater fish from South America in the family Gymnotidae. They are known for their ability...
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Undulatory locomotion (section American eel)
animals such as in lizards, eels and fish, in which waves of lateral bending propagate down the snake's body. The American eel typically moves in an aquatic...
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