Anguillidae
American eel, Anguilla rostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Suborder: Anguilloidei Family: Anguillidae Genus: Anguilla Schrank, 1798
Species
See text. Download high resolution version (1606x366, 84 KB)american eel image uwe kils gfdl self File links The following pages link to this file: Eel American eel ... Binomial name Anguilla rostrata Le Sueur, 1821 The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a fish found on the Eastern coast of the United States. ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... Animalia redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... Eukaryota > Metazoa > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata > Euteleostomi > Actinopterygii > Actinopteri > Neopterygii Neopterygii is a group of Actinopteri animals that contains: Amiiformes Amiidae Amia Semionotiformes Lepisosteidae Lepisosteus Teleostei Elopocephala Clupeocephala Elopomorpha Osteoglossomorpha Osteoglossiformes ... The Anguilliformes (true eels) are an order of bony fishes. ... orders Anguillidae Chlopsidae Heterenchelyidae Moringuidae Muraenidae Myrocongridae The Anguilloidei are a sub-order of the order Anguilliformes (the eels) that contains 6 families: Anguillidae (freshwater eels) Chlopsidae (false morays) Heterenchelyidae Moringuidae (worm eels) Muraenidae (moray eels) Myrocongridae References Anguilliformes. FishBase. ... Franz Paula von Schrank (1747 - 1835) was a German botanist and entomologist. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ...

Anguillidae is a family of fishes that contains many of the freshwater eels. There are 16 to 20 species in this family, all in 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. Some details of eel reproduction are as yet unknown, and the discovery of major eel spawning grounds in the Sargasso Sea is one of the more famous anecdotes in the history of ichthyology. See Eel life history. In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Many types of fish undertake migrations on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annual, and with distances ranging from a few meters to thousands of kilometers. ... For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ... Leptocephalus larva A leptocephalus is the flat and transparent larva of the eel. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits. ... An image of the distribution and size of eel larvae shows the approximate location of the Sargasso Sea. ... Leptocephalus larva of an ocean eel The eel is a long, thin bony fish of the order Anguilliformes. ...

Freshwater eels are elongate with tubelike, snake-shaped bodies. They have large, pointed heads and their dorsal fins are usually continuous with their caudal fins and anal fins, to form a fringe lining the posterior end of the body. They have small pectoral fins to help them navigate along river bottoms. Their scales are thin and soft.

Anguillid eels are important food fish. Eel aquaculture is a fast-growing industry. Important food eel species include longfin eel, Australian long-finned eel, short-finned eel, and Japanese eel. Workers harvest catfish from the Delta Pride Catfish farms in Mississippi Aquaculture is the cultivation of the natural produce of water (such as fish or shellfish, algae and other aquatic organisms). ...

Species

• European eel, Anguilla anguilla Linnaeus, 1758
• Short-finned eel, Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841
• Indian mottled eel, Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis Gray, 1831
  • African mottled eel, Anguilla bengalensis labiata Peters, 1852
• Indonesian shortfin eel, Anguilla bicolor bicolor McClelland, 1844
  • Indian shortfin eel, Anguilla bicolor pacifica Schmidt, 1928
• Celebes longfin eel, Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856
• New Zealand longfin eel, Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, 1842
• Highlands longfin eel, . Anguilla interioris Whitley, 1938
• Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1847
• Indonesian longfinned eel, Anguilla malgumora Kaup, 1856
• Marbled eel, Anguilla marmorata Quoy and Gaimard, 1824
• Polynesian longfin eel, Anguilla megastoma Kaup, 1856
• African longfin eel, Anguilla mossambica Peters, 1852
• Mottled eel, Anguilla nebulosa McClelland, 1844
• Pacific shortfinned eel, Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872
• Speckled longfin eel, Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867
• American eel, Anguilla rostrata Le Sueur, 1821

Binomial name Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) The European Eel, Anguilla anguilla, is a snakelike fish. ... Binomial name Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) The European Eel, Anguilla anguilla, is a snakelike fish. ... Binomial name Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 The Short-finned eel (Anguilla australis) is one of the 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae. ... Binomial name Anguilla japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847) The Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, is a species of eel found in Japan, Korea, the East China Sea and the northern Philippines. ... Binomial name Anguilla japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847) The Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, is a species of eel found in Japan, Korea, the East China Sea and the northern Philippines. ... Binomial name Anguilla rostrata Le Sueur, 1821 The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a fish found on the Eastern coast of the United States. ...

References

• "Anguillidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• Berra, Tim M. (2001). Freshwater Fish Distribution. San Diego: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-093156-7

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External links

• Australian anguillid aquaculture