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  2. American eel - Wikipedia

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    The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a facultative catadromous fish found on the eastern coast of North America. Freshwater eels are fish belonging to the elopomorph superorder, a group of phylogenetically ancient teleosts. [2] The American eel has a slender, supple, snake-like body that is covered with a mucus layer, which makes the eel ...

  3. Anguillidae - Wikipedia

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    The Anguillidae are a family of ray-finned fish that contains the freshwater eels.Except from the genus Neoanguilla, with the only known species Neoanguilla nepalensis from Nepal, [5] all the extant species and six subspecies in this family are in the genus Anguilla, and are elongated fish of snake-like bodies, with long dorsal, caudal and anal fins forming a continuous fringe.

  4. Zig-zag eel - Wikipedia

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    The zig-zag eel (Mastacembelus armatus Scopoli, 1777[3]), also known as the Baim[4], tire-track, tire-track spiny- or marbled spiny eel, [2] is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Mastacembelidae. It is native to the riverine systems of the Indian Subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal), Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand ...

  5. Asian swamp eel - Wikipedia

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    The Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus), also known as rice eel, ricefield eel, rice paddy eel[3] or white rice-field eel, [1] is a commercially important air-breathing species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It occurs in East and Southeast Asia, where it is commonly sold and eaten throughout the region. It has been introduced to two areas ...

  6. European eel - Wikipedia

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    European eels are normally around 45–65 centimetres (18–26 in) and rarely reach more than 1.0 metre (3 ft 3 in), but can reach a length of up to 1.33 metres (4 ft 4 in) in exceptional cases. [8] In addition, they range from having 110 to 120 vertebrae. [9] While European eels tend to live approximately 15–20 years in the wild, some ...

  7. Giant mottled eel - Wikipedia

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    Like other anguillid eels, this species is used as a source of food in some regions. [3] Some restaurants buy live eels. [3] In 1992, for example, a typical 12 kilogram (26.5 lb) marbled eel retailed for one thousand US dollars in China. [3] [11] A giant mottled eel in the lagoon of Wallis island (South Pacific).

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