Eels Eels The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a fish found on the Eastern coast of the United States. It has a snake-like body with a small sharp pointed head. It is brown on top and a tan-yellow color on the bottom. It has sharp pointed teeth but no pelvic fins. ...more on Wikipedia about "American eel"
Anguillidae is a family of fishes that contains many of the freshwater eels. There are around 15 or 16 species in this family, all in the genus Anguilla. They are catadromous, meaning they spend their lives in freshwater rivers and return to the ocean to spawn. The young eel larvae, called leptocephali, consume plankton close to shore. They grow larger in size, and in their next growth stage are called glass eels. At this stage they live in tidal estuaries until they reach one year of age, at which they are known as elvers. Elvers travel upstream in freshwater rivers where they grow to adulthood. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anguillidae"
Conger is a genus of marine congrid eels. It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to three meters (10 ft) in length. ...more on Wikipedia about "Conger"
Congridae is the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden (thus the name). The family includes about 150 species in 32 genera. ...more on Wikipedia about "Congridae"
Eels are fish of the order Anguilliformes that consists of 2 suborders, 23 families, 110 genii and 400 species. In length they reach from 10 cm. to 3 m., weight from 15 to 65 kg. The number of rays of the gill webbing consists from 6 - 51, sometimes they are absent altogether. Their fins are always spineless. The back and anal fins are long, usually connecting with the tail fin. The belly and chest fins are absent. The shoulder girdle is separate from the skull. The scales are cycloid or absent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eel"
An eel ladder is type of fish ladder designed to help eels swim past barriers, such as dams and weirs or even natural barriers, to reach upriver feeding grounds. (Many eels are catadromous, living in fresh water but spawning at sea.) The basic design of an eel ladder has the eel swim over the barrier using an eel ascending ramp, which provides the eels a climbing substrate to "push against" while slithering upstream. For some higher barriers, elevator-style systems are also used. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eel ladder"
The eel is a long, thin bony fish of the order Anguilliformes. Because fishermen never caught anything they recognized as eel young, the life history of the eel was a mystery for a very long period of scientific history, and even now there are many unanswered questions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eel life history"
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The European Eel, Anguilla anguilla, is a snakelike fish. They are generally believed to spawn in the Sargasso Sea and the larvae ( Leptocephalus) migrate towards Europe in a three-year-long migration. They enter freshwater, where they spend their lives. The slimy coating of the eel is thought to protect the fish against changes in salinity. ...more on Wikipedia about "European eel"
The Laced moray (Gymnothorax favagineus), also known as the Tesselate moray and Tesselata eel, is a species of moray eel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Laced moray"
A leptocephalus is the flat and transparent larva of the eel and other members of the Superorder Elopomorpha. ...more on Wikipedia about "Leptocephalus"
Moray eels are large cosmopolitan eels of the family Muraenidae. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera, the largest being the slender giant moray (Strophidon sathete) at up to 4 m (13 feet) in length. Most morays measure in at 1.5 m (5 feet) in length. ...more on Wikipedia about "Moray eel"
Muraena is a genus of about ninety species of large eels of the family Muraenidae. ...more on Wikipedia about "Muraena"
Ophichthidae is a family of eels, comprising species commonly called worm eels and snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek ophis ("serpent") and ichthys ("fish"). ...more on Wikipedia about "Ophichthidae"
The ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) is one of the most unique species of saltwater eels. It is a member of the Muraenidae ( Moray eel) family of order Anguilliformes. What is now known as Rhinomuraena quaesita also includes the former Rhinomuraena amboinensis. R. quaesita was used for blue ribbon eels and R. amboinensis for black ribbon eels, but these are now recognized as the same species. The ribbon eel is native to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ribbon eel"
The Short-finned eel (Anguilla australis) is one of the 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae. It is native to the lakes, dams and coastal rivers of south-eastern Australia, New Zealand, and much of the South Pacific, including New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, Tahiti, and Fiji. ...more on Wikipedia about "Short-finned eel"
The Spotted Moray (Gymnothorax moringa) is a typical medium-sized Moray eel. It has a long snake-like body, white or pale yellow in color with small overlapping dark-brown spots. It can grow to over a metre in length and weigh up to 2.5 kg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spotted Moray"
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