Anguillidae
Anguilla rostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Anguillidae Genus: Anguilla
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 ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... The Anguilliformes (true eels) are an order of bony fishes. ... In biology, a species is, loosely speaking, a group of related organisms that share a more or less distinctive form and are capable of interbreeding. ...

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. Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... 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. ... Photomontage of plankton organisms Plankton are the weakly swimming but mostly drifting small organisms that inhabit the water column of oceans, seas, and bodies of freshwater. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing numerous ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits and services. ...

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.

Anguillid eels are important food fish. Eel aquaculture is a fast-growing industry. Important food eel species include longfin eel, Australian longfinned eel, shortfin eel, and Japanese eel. Aquaculture is the cultivation of aquatic organisms, such as fish, shellfish, algae and other aquatic plants. ...

Some species and subspecies:

• European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
• Shortfin eel (Anguilla australis)
• Longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii)
• Mottled eel (Anguilla nebulosa)
• Indian mottled eel (Anguilla bangalensis bangalensis)
• African mottled eel (Anguilla bengalensis labiata)
• Indonesian shortfin eel (Anguilla bicolor)
• Indonesian longfinned eel (Anguilla malgumora)
• Pacific shortfin eel or South Pacific eel (Anguilla obscura)
• Celebes longfin eel (Anguilla celebesensis)
• Polynesian longfin eel (Anguilla megastoma)
• Highlands longfinned eel (Anguilla interioris)
• African longfin eel (Anguilla mossambica)
• Australian longfinned eel (Anguilla reinhardtii)
• Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
• Marbled eel (Anguilla marmorata)
• American eel (Anguilla rostrata)

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. ... The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a fish found on the Eastern coast of the United States. ...

External Links

Australian Anguillid Aquaculture