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  2. Ribbon eel - Wikipedia

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    The ribbon eel ( Rhinomuraena quaesita ), also known as the leaf-nosed moray eel or bernis eel, is a species of moray eel, the only member of the genus Rhinomuraena. The ribbon eel is found in sand burrows and reefs in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Although generally placed in the moray eel family Muraenidae, it has several distinctive features ...

  3. White ribbon eel - Wikipedia

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    White ribbon eel. The white ribbon eel or ghost eel, Pseudechidna brummeri, is a species of saltwater eels, the only member of the genus Pseudechidna of the Muraenidae (Moray eel) family. It is found in the Indo-Pacific oceans from the western Indian Ocean to Samoa, and north to the Ryukyu Islands. Its length is 8–30 inches (20–76 cm).

  4. Eel as food - Wikipedia

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    Eel as food. Eel shop in Japan. Eels are elongated fish, ranging in length from five centimetres (2 in) to four metres (13 ft). [1] Adults range in weight from 30 grams to over 25 kilograms. They possess no pelvic fins, and many species also lack pectoral fins. The dorsal and anal fins are fused with the caudal or tail fin, forming a single ...

  5. List of halal and kosher fish - Wikipedia

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    Any fish without scales are haram (forbidden) but fish that do have scales are permissible. Shia scholars tend to teach that no other aquatic creatures are halal, with the exception of certain edible aquatic crustaceans (i.e., shrimps but not crabs), which are also Halal like scaled fish.

  6. Moray eel - Wikipedia

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    Uropterygiinae Fowler, 1925. Moray eel. Moray eels, or Muraenidae ( / ˈmɒreɪ, məˈreɪ / ), are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, and a few are found in fresh water. [2]

  7. Leptocephalus - Wikipedia

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    Leptocephalus. A leptocephalus (meaning "slim head" [1]) is the flat and transparent larva of the eel, marine eels, and other members of the superorder Elopomorpha. This is one of the most diverse groups of teleosts, containing 801 species in 4 orders, 24 families, and 156 genera. This group is thought to have arisen in the Cretaceous period ...

  8. Viviparous eelpout - Wikipedia

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    Blennius viviparus Linnaeus, 1758. The viviparous eelpout ( Zoarces viviparus ), also known as the, viviparous blenny and European eelpout is species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. It is notable for being ovoviviparous and gives birth to live larvae (hence the description "mother of eels ").

  9. Eel life history - Wikipedia

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    Eel life history. Eels are any of several long, thin, bony fishes of the order Anguilliformes. They have a catadromous life cycle, that is: at different stages of development migrating between inland waterways and the deep ocean. Because fishermen never caught anything they recognized as young eels, the life cycle of the eel was long a mystery.