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River Eels - Photo (c) Rudolf Svensen, all rights reserved, uploaded by Rudolf Svensen C
River Eels (Genus Anguilla) Info
The Anguillidae are a family of ray-finned fish that contains the freshwater eels. The nineteen species and six subspecies in this family are all in the genus Anguilla. They are elongated fish with snake-like bodies, their long dorsal, caudal and anal fins forming a continuous fringe. They are catadromous fish, spending their adult lives in fresh water but migrating to the ocean to spawn. Eels are an important food fish and some species are now farm-raised... (Wikipedia)
American Eel - Photo (c) EricksonSmith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) CC
American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) Info
The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a facultative catadromous fish found on the eastern coast of North America. Eels (Anguilla spp.) are fish belonging to the elopomorph superorder, a group of phylogenetically ancient teleosts. The American eel has a slender snakelike body that is covered with a mucous layer, which makes the eel appear to be naked and slimy despite the presence of minute scales. A long dorsal fin runs from the middle of the back... (Wikipedia)
European Eel - Photo (c) Daniel PAVON, all rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel PAVON C
European Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Info
The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. They can reach a length of 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) in exceptional cases, but are normally around 60–80 cm (2.0–2.6 ft), and rarely reach more than 1 m (3 ft 3 in). While captive specimens have lived over 85 years, the species' lifespan in the wild has not been determined. (Wikipedia)
New Zealand Longfin Eel - Photo (c) bryan-maltais, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by bryan-maltais CC
New Zealand Longfin Eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii) Info
The New Zealand longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii) is the largest and the only endemic freshwater eel species in New Zealand. (The others are the native Shortfin eel, Anguilla australis, also found in Australia, and the naturally introduced Australian Longfin eel Anguilla reinhardtii). Longfin eels are long-lived, migrating to the Pacific Ocean near Tonga to breed at the end of their lives. They are good climbers as juvenile and so are found in streams and lakes a... (Wikipedia)
Short-finned Eel - Photo (c) lcolmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by lcolmer CC
Short-finned Eel (Anguilla australis) Info
The short-finned eel (Anguilla australis), also known as the shortfin eel, 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. (Wikipedia)
Australian Long-finned Eel - Photo (c) Sascha Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sascha Schulz CC
Australian Long-finned Eel (Anguilla reinhardtii) Info
The speckled longfin eel, Australian long-finned eel or marbled eel (Anguilla reinhardtii) is one of 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae. It has a long snake-like cylindrical body with its dorsal, tail and anal fins joined to form one long fin. It usually has a brownish green or olive green back and sides with small darker spots or blotches all over its body. Its underside is paler. It has a small gill opening on... (Wikipedia)
Anguilla Bank Racer - Photo (c) Karl Questel, all rights reserved, uploaded by Karl Questel C
Anguilla Bank Racer (Alsophis rijgersmaei) Info
The Leeward Island racer (Alsophis rijgersmaei) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Anguilla, Saint Barthélemy, and probably extinct on Sint Maarten. (Wikipedia)
Anguilla Anole - Photo (c) Karl Questel, all rights reserved, uploaded by Karl Questel C
Anguilla Anole (Anolis gingivinus) Info
The Anguilla Bank anole or Anguilla anole (Anolis gingivinus) is a species of anole lizard that is endemic to the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. (Wikipedia)
Tiger Snake Eel - Photo (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alberto Alcalá CC
Tiger Snake Eel (Myrichthys xysturus) Info
Myrichthys xysturus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1882, originally under the genus Ophichthys. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf of California; Baja California Sur, Mexico; and the Galapagos Islands. (Wikipedia)
Banded Snake Eel - Photo (c) Alex Hoschke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alex Hoschke CC
Banded Snake Eel (Myrichthys colubrinus) Info
Myrichthys colubrinus (Harlequin snake eel or banded snake eel or ringed snake eel) is a snake eel from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 97 cm (38 in) in length. (Wikipedia)
Marbled Eel - Photo (c) Brian Lynch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Brian Lynch CC
Marbled Eel (Anguilla marmorata) Info
The giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata), also known as the marbled eel, is a species of tropical anguillid eel that is found in the Indo-Pacific and adjacent freshwater habitats. (Wikipedia)
Black-finned Snake Eel - Photo (c) J. Martin Crossley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by J. Martin Crossley CC
Black-finned Snake Eel (Ophichthus altipennis) Info
The highfin snake eel (Ophichthus altipennis, also known as the blackfin snake eel or the black-finned snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Microdonophis. It is a marine, tropical eel known from the eastern Indian Ocean and northwestern and western central Pacific Ocean, including Australia, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Japan, the Marshall Islands, Malaysia, the Philippines, an (Wikipedia)
Anguilla Bank Ameiva - Photo (c) John Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by John Sullivan CC
Anguilla Bank Ameiva (Pholidoscelis plei) Info
Pholidoscelis plei, the Anguilla Bank ameiva or Caribbean ameiva, is a lizard species in the genus Pholidoscelis. It is found on the Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Saint Martin, and Saint Barthélemy in the Lesser Antilles. Its coloration and markings vary between each island population. (Wikipedia)
Eel Bornella - Photo (c) Min Sheng Khoo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) CC
Eel Bornella (Bornella anguilla) Info
Bornella anguilla is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bornellidae. This species is widely distributed throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific. (Wikipedia)
Electric Eel - Photo (c) Stan Shebs, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) CC
Electric Eel (Electrophorus electricus) Info
The electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) is an electric fish, and the only species in its genus. Despite the name, it is not an eel, but rather a knifefish. (Wikipedia)
Bearded Anole - Photo (c) Karl Questel, all rights reserved, uploaded by Karl Questel C
Bearded Anole (Anolis pogus) Info
The bearded anole or Anguilla Bank bush anole (Anolis pogus) is a species of anole lizard that is endemic to the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, located in the Lesser Antilles. Its range used to include Anguilla and possibly Saint Barthélemy, but it is now extirpated from both islands. (Wikipedia)
Japanese Eel - Photo (c) Tse Chung Yi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tse Chung Yi CC
Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica) Info
The Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica; Japanese: 日本鰻 nihon'unagi) is a species of anguillid eel found in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, as well as the northern Philippines. Like all the eels of the genus Anguilla and the family Anguillidae, it is catadromous, meaning it spawns in the sea, but lives parts of its life in fresh water. The spawning area of this species is in the North Equatorial Current in the western North Pacific to... (Wikipedia)
African Longfin Eel - Photo (c) Edouard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Edouard CC
African Longfin Eel (Anguilla mossambica) Info
The African longfin eel (Anguilla mossambica), also known simply as the longfin eel, is an eel in the family Anguillidae. It was described by Wilhelm Peters in 1852, originally under the genus Muraena. It is a tropical eel known from freshwaters in southern Kenya, Cape Agulhas, Madagascar, and New Caledonia. The eels spend most of their lives in freshwaters far inland, but migrate to the Western Indian Ocean to breed. Males can reach a maximum total... (Wikipedia)
Anguilla Bank Skink - Photo (c) Karl Questel, all rights reserved, uploaded by Karl Questel C
Anguilla Bank Skink (Spondylurus powelli) Info
The Anguilla Bank skink (Spondylurus powelli) was discovered in the Caribbean with 20 other reptile species and was immediately listed as an endangered species. The population of this lizard has been decreasing due to the introduction of the mongoose, which was originally imported to control rats in sugarcane fields, and now is an invasive species to the Caribbean Islands. Many of the newly added skink species discovered along with S. powelli are facing extinction for the... (Wikipedia)
Indonesian Shortfin Eel - Photo (c) FishWise Professional, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) CC
Indonesian Shortfin Eel (Anguilla bicolor) Info
Anguilla bicolor is a species of eel in the genus Anguilla of the family Anguillidae, consisting of two subspecies. (Wikipedia)
Pacific Shortfinned Eel - Photo (c) Ryan Richardson, all rights reserved, uploaded by Ryan Richardson C
Pacific Shortfinned Eel (Anguilla obscura) Info
The Pacific shortfinned eel (Anguilla obscura), also known as the Pacific shortfinned freshwater eel, the short-finned eel, and the South Pacific eel, is an eel in the family Anguillidae. It was described by Albert Günther in 1871. It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from western New Guinea, Queensland, Australia, the Society Islands, and possibly South Africa. The eels spend most of their lives in freshwater, but migrate to the Pacific Ocean to bree (Wikipedia)
Gulper Eel - Photo (c) Ken Graham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ken Graham CC
Gulper Eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) Info
The pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) is a deep-sea fish rarely seen by humans, though it is occasionally caught in fishing nets. It is an eel-like fish and the only known member of the genus Eurypharynx and the family Eurypharyngidae. It belongs to the order Saccopharyngiformes, which is closely related to the true eels in Anguilliformes. It is also referred to as the gulper eel, pelican gulper, and umbrella-mouth gulper. The specific epithet pel (Wikipedia)
Indian Mottled Eel - Photo (c) sumanjumani, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) CC
Indian Mottled Eel (Anguilla bengalensis) Info
The mottled eel (Anguilla bengalensis), also known as the African mottled eel, the Indian longfin eel, the Indian mottled eel, the long-finned eel or the river eel, is a demersal, catadromous eel in the family Anguillidae. It was described by John McClelland in 1844. It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from East Africa, Bangladesh, Andaman Islands, Mozambique, Malawi, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, and Indonesia and recently from Madagascar. The e (Wikipedia)