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Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en medecine, décrits dans la
Matiere Medicale de Mr. Geoffroy medecin, dessinés d'après nature par Mr. de Gasault, gravés par Mrs. Defehrt, Prevost, Duflos, Martinet &c. Niquet scrip. . - pp. , index , Pl. 644–729.
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fin, forming a single ribbon running along much of the length of the animal. Eels swim by generating waves that travel the length of their bodies. They can swim backward by reversing the direction of the wave.
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detective series. The book's background includes a
Norwegian village where eels in the nearby sea are rumored to feed on the corpses of drowned humans, making the eating of these eels verge on cannibalism.
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Linguistic and Cultural Congeners in Latin, Greek, and Germanic". In Jasanoff; Melchert; Oliver (eds.).
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were greatly improved by the hanging of loosely plaited grass ladders over barriers, enabling elvers to ascend more easily.
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and thus do not appear to be closely related to any extant taxa. Body fossils of modern eels do not appear until the
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was at one time called "eel fare". The word 'elver' is thought to be a corruption of "eel fare".
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The term "eel" is also used for some other eel-shaped fish, such as
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Pfaff, Cathrin; Zorzin, Roberto; Kriwet, Jürgen (11 August 2016).
2652:(128.86 US Dollars) per kg, and once exceeded 5000 HKD per kg. In
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cognates, among them the second part of the Latin word for eels,
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Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016).
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McCosker, John F. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.).
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This article is about the elongated fish. For other uses, see
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Several sets of classifications of eels exist; some, such as
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Mature silver stage eels migrate back to the ocean to mate.
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3261:" = "eel lake"). The name is preserved in the new city of
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are popular, but expensive. Eels are also very popular in
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Long Jr, J. H., Shepherd, W., & Root, R. G. (Loot).
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include additional eel families, which are noted below.
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Near, Thomas J; Thacker, Christine E (18 April 2024).
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4521:"Would you pay £600 for a handful of baby eels?"
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3660:A Book of the Running Brook: and of Still Waters
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4154:FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
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4689:Mír Curad. Studies in Honor of Calvert Watkins
4328:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T166184A1117791.en
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4268:FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved May 2012.
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4711:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
4402:Pike, C.; Crook, V.; Gollock, M. (2019) .
3676:"Deep-ocean origin of the freshwater eels"
2799:
2102:, one of the earliest known eels from the
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4421:
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4189:Pike, C.; Crook, V.; Gollock, M. (2020).
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4002:
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3800:
3759:
3741:
3700:
3667:
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3620:
2962:(the second part of which is attested in
870:Genomic studies indicate that there is a
363:), which consists of eight suborders, 20
37:"Eels" redirects here. For the band, see
4518:
3656:
3066:, attested in a variant Ἐλλεροφόντης in
2593:
2108:
2092:
1464:Phylogeny based on Johnson et al. 2012.
566:
548:Eels begin life as flat and transparent
461:
437:
4850:Integrated Taxonomic Information System
4826:
4382:Integrated Taxonomic Information System
4348:
4283:Integrated Taxonomic Information System
4234:
4169:Integrated Taxonomic Information System
4120:
4059:Integrated Taxonomic Information System
4025:
3663:. New York: O. Judd Co. pp. 9, 18.
3371:
780:
534:, which reaches 4 m (13 ft).
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7025:
4662:"Indonesia eel hot item for smugglers"
4468:
3850:
3272:The daylight passage in the spring of
3239:, which existed in the early Medieval
6725:
6724:
6076:
5383:
4894:
4779:
4729:Biology and Ecology of Anguillid Eels
4544:
4303:Jacoby, D. & Gollock, M. (2014).
3673:
3500:
3498:
3113:
2944:. Katz (1998) identifies a number of
2884:The English name "eel" descends from
2840:Special boats to transport live eels
2286:
1135:(pelican eels, umbrellamouth gulpers)
564:, dam walls, and natural waterfalls.
6997:EA74C4F5-D9D7-B985-5F5B-7AFF8CB3D5F4
6958:8d49b618-d23a-4777-9c47-b547f2225384
6870:1715f1e9-7caa-439e-8f16-7d5576db1292
5364:
4725:
4686:
3602:
3367:
3365:
2900:. Also from the common Germanic are
2129:Based on the Paleobiology Database:
1425:In some classifications, the family
7048:Extant Cretaceous first appearances
4545:Leake, Jonathan (7 February 2015).
4409:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
4314:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
4200:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
4086:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
3674:Inoue, Jun G.; et al. (2010).
3056:According to this theory, the name
2648:eel prices have often reached 1000
659:This article is part of a series on
24:
4726:Arai, Takaomi (22 February 2016).
4469:Bhuyan, Avantika (30 March 2018).
3881:
3776:
3540:
3495:
2656:, eels are popularly eaten in the
669:
481:) to 4 m (13 ft) in the
406:is the sister clade to true eels,
25:
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3474:– via www.publish.csiro.au.
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5904:
5897:
5363:
5354:
5353:
5222:
4756:The Inland Fishes of Mississippi
4577:"Poison in the Blood of the Eel"
3927:
3895:Proceedings of the Royal Society
3603:Arai, Takaomi (1 October 2020).
3537:, 10th Int. Symp. (pp. 118–134).
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1234:
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1063:(froghead eels, short tail eels)
953:
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644:found that the eel fisheries at
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617:
599:
590:Eel eggs hatch firstly into the
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4691:. Innsbruck. pp. 317–334.
4680:
4654:
4636:
4627:
4618:
4594:
4569:
4547:"EU's eel edict costs UK £100m"
4512:
4498:
4488:
4471:"The little fish in big rivers"
4462:
4437:
4395:
4370:
4271:
4266:, Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
4157:
4072:
4047:
3960:
3935:
3809:
3717:
3596:
3577:
3565:
3029:, all from Proto-Indo-European
2954:, attested in its simplex form
2855:Eel trap in Denmark around 1900
2696:consists of elver (young eels)
2584:Green water culture system for
2088:
916:Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction
4881:The Natural History of the Eel
4872:New International Encyclopedia
4785:Tesch FW and White RJ (2008).
4759:. Univ. Press of Mississippi.
4519:Champken, Neil (2 June 2006).
4506:"Buber's Basque Page: Angulas"
3898:. (in press) (1730): 934–943.
3593:. FishBase (15 November 2011).
3523:
3478:
3439:
3421:
3403:
3389:
2970:). The first compound member,
927:
457:
13:
1:
4644:"Greenpeace Seafood Red list"
3835:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104921
3657:Campbell, Lady Colin (1886).
3622:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05176
3356:
3230:
2768:, smoked eel is considered a
2457:Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
537:
526:The heaviest true eel is the
489:, and many species also lack
3452:Pacific Conservation Biology
3090:part is cognate to the word
2879:
2660:. Freshwater eels, known as
2527:
2525:
2523:
2521:
2518:
2480:
2478:
2476:
2474:
2471:
2434:
2432:
2430:
2428:
2425:
2387:
2385:
2383:
2381:
2378:
1459:
1448:more closely related to the
470:is the heaviest of all eels.
7:
3551:. New York: HarperCollins.
3397:Garsault, F. A. P. de 1764.
3344:
3306:plays an important role in
3283:A famous attraction on the
2786:, are popular among marine
2515:
2512:
2509:
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2469:
2466:
2463:
2460:
2422:
2419:
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2375:
2372:
2369:
2366:
993:Suborder Synaphobranchoidei
921:Pythonichthys arkansasensis
877:
10:
7064:
3068:Eustathius of Thessalonica
3062:
2828:Eel fishing boat in France
2732:, a swampy zone along the
2546:
2442:Critically endangered
2293:
1127:Suborder Saccopharyngoidei
541:
36:
29:
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6493:
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4928:
4791:. John Wiley & Sons.
3986:10.1186/s12862-016-0728-7
3743:10.1186/s12862-016-0728-7
3329:, the second book of the
2598:Positioning eel traps in
2570:, sculpture by Bernd Maro
1986:
1971:
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1558:
1551:
1536:
1529:
1521:
1506:
1498:
1483:
1475:
980:Suborder Protanguilloidei
572:Life cycle of a typical (
251:
246:
230:
223:
144:Scientific classification
142:
133:
124:
48:
4920:
4830:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.).
4802:Patrik Svensson (2019).
4648:Greenpeace International
4352:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.).
4238:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.).
4124:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.).
4029:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.).
3973:BMC Evolutionary Biology
3730:BMC Evolutionary Biology
3589:10 November 2013 at the
3375:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.).
3110:, or something similar.
2294:Main commercial species
1446:South American knifefish
642:Gertrude Elizabeth Blood
4840:. January 2006 version.
4416:: e.T195502A154801652.
4093:: e.T191108A121739077.
3385:. January 2009 version.
3048:
3036:
2985:
2982:"eel", Old High German
2977:
2889:
2800:Sustainable consumption
2782:Eels, particularly the
2714:New Zealand longfin eel
2626:) are commonly used in
4883:", historical aspect,
4832:"Order Anguilliformes"
4207:: e.T60344A152845178.
3904:10.1098/rspb.2011.1289
3693:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0989
3547:Prosek, James (2010).
3507:Encyclopedia of Fishes
3377:"Order Anguilliformes"
3339:The Gospel of the Eels
3257:
3251:
3245:
2993:
2939:
2928:
2917:
2906:
2607:
2126:
2106:
674:
578:
471:
454:
6979:Paleobiology Database
6047:World fish production
5410:Principal commercial
4321:: e.T166184A1117791.
3865:John Wiley & Sons
3486:"Family OPHICHTHIDAE"
3433:www.marinespecies.org
3415:www.marinespecies.org
2597:
2112:
2096:
1113:Suborder Moringuoidei
673:
570:
465:
449:
390:), swamp eels (order
6865:Fauna Europaea (new)
5172:(Bobtail snipe eels)
4968:Families by suborder
4449:Encyclopedia of Life
4404:"Anguilla australis"
4378:"Anguilla australis"
3802:10.3374/014.065.0101
3549:Eels: An Exploration
2990:"snake", Lithuanian
2535:Near Threatened
1378:Myrichthys ocellatus
1358:Venefica tentaculata
1223:Kaupichthys nuchalis
1155:(bobtail snipe eels)
1038:Suborder Chlopsoidei
865:Systema Naturae 2000
32:Eel (disambiguation)
6366:Protacanthopterygii
6356:Lepidogalaxiiformes
4885:Scientific American
4366:. May 2012 version.
4279:"Anguilla japonica"
4252:. May 2012 version.
4165:"Anguilla anguilla"
4138:. May 2012 version.
4081:"Anguilla rostrata"
4055:"Anguilla rostrata"
4043:. May 2012 version.
3860:Fishes of the World
3822:Cretaceous Research
3276:upstream along the
3098:part is cognate to
3045:of Old High German
3024:Old Church Slavonic
2740:and pond eels from
2616:) and marine eels (
1504:Synaphobranchoidei
1435:Saccopharyngiformes
1303:Muraenesox cinereus
1243:Coloconger raniceps
606:Larval eels become
532:slender giant moray
501:are fused with the
483:slender giant moray
396:deep-sea spiny eels
6583:Cyprinodontiformes
6508:Trachichthyiformes
6462:Paracanthopterygii
6313:Alepocephaliformes
6107:orders by subclass
6062:Fisheries glossary
6052:Commercial species
6042:Commercial fishing
5430:Large pelagic fish
4999:Synaphobranchidae
4992:Synaphobranchoidei
4780:Further references
4356:Anguilla australis
3235:The large lake of
3114:Timeline of genera
2730:Valli di Comacchio
2608:
2500:Anguilla australis
2287:Commercial species
2127:
2107:
1819:Saccopharyngoidei
1431:bobtail snipe eels
675:
579:
472:
455:
260:Synaphobranchoidei
7020:
7019:
6966:Open Tree of Life
6727:Taxon identifiers
6718:
6717:
6714:
6713:
6710:
6709:
6706:
6705:
6678:Tetraodontiformes
6633:Chaetodontiformes
6568:Pleuronectiformes
6523:Batrachoidiformes
6285:Osteoglossiformes
6277:Osteoglossomorpha
6070:
6069:
5967:Freshwater prawns
5893:
5892:
5377:
5376:
5345:
5344:
5218:
5217:
5210:
5202:
5194:
5193:(Freshwater eels)
5173:
5165:
5157:
5154:Saccopharyngidae
5149:
5139:Saccopharyngoidei
5130:
5111:
5103:
5095:
5087:
5079:
5058:
5039:
5031:
5023:
5020:Heterenchelyidae
5002:
4766:978-1-57806-246-1
4739:978-1-4822-5516-4
4307:Anguilla japonica
4264:Anguilla japonica
4242:Anguilla japonica
4193:Anguilla anguilla
4150:Anguilla anguilla
4128:Anguilla anguilla
4033:Anguilla rostrata
3558:978-0-06-056611-1
3285:French Polynesian
3228:
3227:
2716:is a traditional
2610:Freshwater eels (
2540:
2539:
2536:
2504:
2489:
2458:
2454:Anguilla japonica
2443:
2411:
2407:Anguilla anguilla
2396:
2364:
2360:Anguilla rostrata
2104:Sannine Limestone
2085:
2084:
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2075:
2067:
2066:
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1778:
1770:
1769:
1761:
1760:
1752:
1751:
1602:
1601:
1593:
1592:
1509:Synaphobranchidae
1481:Protanguilloidei
1419:Synaphobranchidae
1283:Moringua edwardsi
1203:Anguilla anguilla
1172:(freshwater eels)
1001:(cutthroat eels)
999:Synaphobranchidae
853:
852:
451:Spotted moray eel
447:
371:, and about 1000
306:belonging to the
297:
296:
285:Saccopharyngoidei
219:
136:Anguilla japonica
55:Cenomanian–recent
16:(Redirected from
7055:
7013:
7012:
7000:
6999:
6987:
6986:
6974:
6973:
6961:
6960:
6951:
6950:
6938:
6937:
6935:NBNSYS0000179188
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6899:
6898:
6886:
6885:
6873:
6872:
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6859:
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6833:
6821:
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6794:
6782:
6781:
6769:
6768:
6767:
6754:
6753:
6752:
6722:
6721:
6688:Centrarchiformes
6663:Priacanthiformes
6658:Scatophagiformes
6613:Uranoscopiformes
6558:Istiophoriformes
6548:Synbranchiformes
6513:Holocentriformes
6480:Stylephoriformes
6432:Ateleopodiformes
6318:Gonorynchiformes
6262:Notacanthiformes
6240:
6239:
6236:
6218:Lepisosteiformes
6206:
6205:
6202:
6189:Acipenseriformes
6177:
6176:
6173:
6097:
6090:
6083:
6074:
6073:
5915:
5908:
5901:
5483:southern bluefin
5473:Atlantic bluefin
5426:
5425:
5404:
5397:
5390:
5381:
5380:
5367:
5366:
5357:
5356:
5331:Sina and the Eel
5289:Eel life history
5233:
5232:
5226:
5208:
5200:
5192:
5171:
5163:
5155:
5147:
5146:Eurypharyngidae
5129:(Spaghetti eels)
5128:
5109:
5101:
5100:Nettastomatidae
5093:
5085:
5077:
5056:
5037:
5029:
5021:
5001:(Cutthroat eels)
5000:
4976:Protanguilloidei
4973:
4972:
4969:
4915:
4908:
4901:
4892:
4891:
4876:
4868:
4860:
4858:
4856:
4846:"Anguilliformes"
4841:
4805:The Book of Eels
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4562:
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4551:The Sunday Times
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3863:(5th ed.).
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2892:
2864:
2852:
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2825:
2742:Cabras, Sardinia
2728:, eels from the
2630:; foods such as
2628:Japanese cuisine
2581:
2561:
2534:
2532:
2503:Richardson, 1841
2502:
2495:Short-finned eel
2487:
2485:
2456:
2441:
2439:
2410:(Linnaeus, 1758)
2409:
2394:
2392:
2362:
2302:Scientific name
2291:
2290:
2257:Milananguillidae
1995:
1967:
1966:
1945:
1944:
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1860:
1853:Saccopharyngidae
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1532:
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1524:
1523:
1501:
1500:
1478:
1477:
1468:
1467:
1414:
1393:
1373:
1353:
1338:
1323:Echidna nebulosa
1318:
1298:
1278:
1258:
1238:
1218:
1198:
1148:(onejaw gulpers)
1140:Saccopharyngidae
1121:(spaghetti eels)
1086:(longneck eels)
1016:Heterenchelyidae
962:Gorgasia barnesi
957:
940:
845:
838:
831:
656:
655:
633:
621:
603:
587:
544:Eel life history
448:
422:freshwater moray
404:Notacanthiformes
392:Synbranchiformes
362:
361:
358:
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52:Temporal range:
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7038:Commercial fish
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6643:Lutjaniformes
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6628:Ephippiformes
6626:
6624:
6621:
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6609:
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6603:Blenniiformes
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6348:Lepidogalaxii
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6608:Gerreiformes
6593:Mugiliformes
6588:Beloniformes
6573:Cichliformes
6503:Beryciformes
6447:Lampriformes
6437:Aulopiformes
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6407:Osmeriformes
6338:Siluriformes
6308:Clupeiformes
6266:
6257:Albuliformes
6142:Osteichthyes
6134:Infraphylum
5997:salmon trout
5717:
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5325:Eel cuddling
5258:Jellied eels
5201:(Snipe eels)
5191:Anguillidae
5183:Anguilloidei
5127:Moringuidae
5120:Moringuoidei
5110:(Snake eels)
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2810:Japanese eel
2806:European eel
2803:
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2738:Bolsena Lake
2693:
2686:jellied eels
2670:European eel
2661:
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2609:
2586:Japanese eel
2564:
2507:130 cm
2499:
2461:150 cm
2453:
2449:Japanese eel
2420:6.6 kg
2414:150 cm
2406:
2402:European eel
2367:152 cm
2359:
2355:American eel
2299:Common name
2230:
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2089:Extinct taxa
1987:
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1727:Ophichthidae
1725:
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1527:Muraenoidei
1507:
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1442:electric eel
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1383:Ophichthidae
1376:
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1201:
1179:(snipe eels)
1163:Anguilloidei
1160:
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1112:
1107:(snake eels)
1105:Ophichthidae
1051:
1037:
1032:(moray eels)
1006:
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290:Anguilloidei
280:Moringuoidei
231:
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197:Superorder:
134:
43:
7043:Elopomorpha
6891:iNaturalist
6759:Wikispecies
6693:Perciformes
6653:Spariformes
6618:Labriformes
6533:Gobiiformes
6528:Kurtiformes
6389:Esociformes
6252:Elopiformes
6244:Elopomorpha
6200:Neopterygii
6181:Chondrostei
6171:Actinopteri
6140:Superclass
5831:Echinoderms
5738:Crustaceans
5505:Forage fish
5299:Ely Eel Day
5268:Eel noodles
5170:Cyematidae
5055:Chlopsidae
5048:Chlopsoidei
5036:Muraenidae
5030:(Thin eels)
5012:Muraenoidei
4958:Elopomorpha
4944:Subphylum:
4429:12 November
4220:12 November
4106:12 November
3952:21 February
3681:Biol. Lett.
3395:Pl. 661 in
3326:Cockroaches
3241:Netherlands
3078:ellu-essar-
3058:Bellerophon
3018:, Armenian
2886:Old English
2722:New Zealand
2549:Eel as food
2510:45 cm
2464:40 cm
2417:35 cm
2370:50 cm
2348:IUCN status
2216:Palaeomyrus
2176:Hayenchelys
2168:Gazolapodus
2124:Monte Bolca
2115:Paranguilla
2099:Anguillavus
1989:Anguillidae
1801:Moringuidae
1642:Congroidei
1288:Moringuidae
1208:Anguillidae
1170:Anguillidae
1119:Moringuidae
1070:(congers)
1025:(thin eels)
1009:Muraenoidei
928:Extant taxa
902:, although
896:pelvic fins
646:Ballisodare
574:catadromous
558:marine snow
487:pelvic fins
477:Monognathus
458:Description
412:catadromous
270:Chlopsoidei
265:Muraenoidei
201:Elopomorpha
39:Eels (band)
7027:Categories
6485:Gadiformes
6300:Otocephala
6223:Amiiformes
6130:Vertebrata
6128:Subphylum
5844:Sea urchin
5309:Glass eels
5294:Eel ladder
5243:Eel (food)
5076:Congridae
5068:Congroidei
5022:(Mud eels)
4946:Vertebrata
4610:22 January
4605:BBC online
4586:22 January
3979:(1): 159.
3828:: 104921.
3736:(1): 159.
3357:References
3351:Elver pass
3331:Harry Hole
3287:island of
3231:In culture
3094:, and the
2618:conger eel
2547:See also:
2488:Endangered
2395:Endangered
2224:Parechelus
2200:Micromyrus
2184:Luenchelys
2160:Eomyrophis
1906:Cyematidae
1624:Chlopsidae
1576:Muraenidae
1427:Cyematidae
1398:Serrivomer
1328:Muraenidae
1228:Chlopsidae
1153:Cyematidae
1073:Subfamily
1054:Congroidei
1044:Chlopsidae
1030:Muraenidae
1018:(mud eels)
967:garden eel
888:Cenomanian
884:Cretaceous
608:glass eels
538:Life cycle
426:anadromous
275:Congroidei
247:Suborders
225:Type genus
216:L. S. Berg
6475:Zeiformes
6234:Teleostei
6152:Cladistia
5858:Fisheries
5723:Whitebait
5667:Toothfish
5493:yellowfin
5453:Swordfish
5164:(Onejaws)
5078:(Congers)
4932:Kingdom:
4707:cite book
4334:4 January
3995:1471-2148
3844:0195-6671
3752:1471-2148
3472:204150660
3267:Flevoland
3108:*ēl(l)-o-
3104:*ēl(l)-u-
3083:Illuyanka
3031:*h₁ogʷʰis
2964:Hesychius
2935:Icelandic
2880:Etymology
2842:Comacchio
2788:aquarists
2784:moray eel
2702:olive oil
2692:delicacy
2658:Northeast
2646:Hong Kong
2600:Inle Lake
2516:32 years
2423:88 years
2376:43 years
2208:Mylomyrus
2152:Eomuraena
2136:Abisaadia
2122:eel from
1698:Congridae
1460:Phylogeny
1454:catfishes
1268:Congridae
1161:Suborder
1068:Congridae
1052:Suborder
1007:Suborder
945:moray eel
908:Campanian
552:, called
515:nocturnal
499:anal fins
479:ahlstromi
377:predators
167:Kingdom:
161:Eukaryota
6744:Wikidata
6399:Stomiati
6210:Holostei
6124:Chordata
6118:Animalia
6116:Kingdom
6014:Scallops
5992:Atlantic
5811:Scallops
5783:Molluscs
5690:Sturgeon
5657:Rockfish
5610:flounder
5605:Flatfish
5588:Atlantic
5558:european
5538:Sardines
5533:Menhaden
5488:skipjack
5463:albacore
5438:Mackerel
5359:Category
5316:(larvae)
5263:Kabayaki
4940:Chordata
4938:Phylum:
4934:Animalia
4837:FishBase
4363:FishBase
4249:FishBase
4135:FishBase
4040:FishBase
4013:27514517
3922:21849321
3770:27514517
3711:20053660
3641:33083623
3587:Archived
3584:FishBase
3382:FishBase
3345:See also
3321:Jo Nesbø
3310:' novel
3258:ael mere
3049:egidehsa
2998:, Greek
2960:egkhelys
2951:anguilla
2770:delicacy
2734:Adriatic
2720:food in
2712:per kg.
2684:food is
2676:and the
2666:Assamese
2567:Maasholm
2333:FishBase
2279:Family †
2273:Family †
2267:Family †
2261:Family †
2255:Family †
2249:Family †
2243:Family †
2237:Family †
904:otoliths
878:Taxonomy
857:FishBase
786:flatfish
767:Demersal
743:menhaden
700:mackerel
690:billfish
520:Anguilla
420:and the
417:Anguilla
365:families
239:Garsault
233:Anguilla
181:Chordata
177:Phylum:
171:Animalia
157:Domain:
6750:Q128685
6122:Phylum
6103:Extant
6029:Tilapia
6019:Seaweed
6007:chinook
5982:Oysters
5977:Mussels
5962:Catfish
5945:crucian
5935:bighead
5849:more...
5821:more...
5806:Oysters
5801:Octopus
5796:Mussels
5791:Abalone
5773:more...
5756:Lobster
5728:more...
5695:Tilapia
5652:Pollock
5637:Haddock
5615:halibut
5593:Pacific
5578:Catfish
5523:Herring
5518:Capelin
5513:Anchovy
5412:fishery
5369:Commons
5337:Sniggle
5304:Eel pot
5253:Eel pie
5236:As food
4950:Class:
4875:. 1905.
4788:The Eel
4672:30 July
4561:7 April
4530:7 April
4480:24 June
4454:24 June
4004:4981956
3913:3259923
3761:4981956
3702:2880065
3632:7553983
3609:Heliyon
3289:Huahine
3255:, so: "
3020:auj, iž
3013:Avestan
2762:Denmark
2746:Germany
2698:sautéed
2694:angulas
2604:Myanmar
2326:Trophic
2320:Maximum
2317:weight
2315:Maximum
2312:length
2307:length
2305:Maximum
2229:Genus †
2221:Genus †
2213:Genus †
2205:Genus †
2197:Genus †
2189:Genus †
2181:Genus †
2173:Genus †
2165:Genus †
2157:Genus †
2149:Genus †
2141:Genus †
2133:Genus †
1182:Family
1175:Family
1168:Family
1151:Family
1144:Family
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1131:Family
1117:Family
1103:Family
1096:Family
1089:Family
1082:Family
1066:Family
1059:Family
1042:Family
1028:Family
1021:Family
1014:Family
997:Family
984:Family
892:Lebanon
817:tilapia
791:pollock
748:sardine
738:herring
733:anchovy
394:), and
386:(genus
373:species
207:Order:
187:Class:
6971:854188
6955:NZOR:
6922:161123
6844:1ANGLO
6024:Shrimp
5987:Salmon
5955:silver
5940:common
5922:Farmed
5766:Prawns
5761:Shrimp
5642:Mullet
5630:turbot
5620:plaice
5468:bigeye
5443:Salmon
5273:Unadon
4855:4 June
4812:
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4387:20 May
4288:20 May
4174:20 May
4064:20 May
4011:
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3278:Thames
3274:elvers
3263:Almere
3237:Almere
3088:illuy-
3086:: the
3073:ahihán
2978:escung
2972:anguis
2933:, and
2924:German
2812:, and
2766:Sweden
2764:, and
2758:Poland
2752:, the
2706:garlic
2682:London
2674:Europe
2633:unadon
2310:Common
2120:Eocene
1263:Conger
900:Eocene
724:Forage
705:salmon
695:bonito
550:larvae
503:caudal
495:dorsal
493:. The
414:genus
400:clades
369:genera
367:, 164
241:, 1764
218:, 1943
7010:10295
7005:WoRMS
6992:Plazi
6984:35343
6909:10906
6904:IRMNG
6896:47314
6857:12015
5950:grass
5816:Squid
5751:Krill
5700:Trout
5553:Sprat
5543:Saury
5528:Ilish
5448:Shark
5320:Abaia
5248:Anago
4580:(PDF)
3489:(PDF)
3468:S2CID
3302:-era
3096:-anka
2994:angìs
2968:elyes
2913:Dutch
2898:*ēlaz
2872:Dutch
2724:. In
2718:Māori
2704:with
2662:Kusia
2654:India
2637:unajū
2623:anago
2613:unagi
2328:level
2118:, an
1450:carps
1381:, an
1206:, an
890:) of
804:Mixed
758:sprat
710:shark
576:) eel
562:weirs
511:ocean
308:order
7033:Eels
6948:7933
6943:NCBI
6917:ITIS
6878:GBIF
6839:EPPO
6831:8280
6800:BOLD
6002:coho
5930:Carp
5746:Crab
5685:Carp
5625:sole
5548:Shad
5458:Tuna
5421:Wild
4922:Eels
4857:2008
4810:ISBN
4793:ISBN
4761:ISBN
4734:ISBN
4713:link
4693:ISBN
4674:2013
4612:2010
4588:2010
4563:2015
4532:2015
4495:Web.
4482:2022
4456:2022
4431:2021
4414:2019
4389:2012
4336:2018
4319:2014
4290:2012
4222:2021
4205:2020
4176:2012
4108:2021
4091:2017
4066:2015
4009:PMID
3991:ISSN
3954:2024
3918:PMID
3869:ISBN
3840:ISSN
3766:PMID
3748:ISSN
3707:PMID
3637:PMID
3553:ISBN
3533:In:
3511:ISBN
3300:Nazi
3100:angu
3092:illa
3043:egi-
3037:igil
3027:*ǫžь
2956:illa
2710:euro
2635:and
2519:4.1
2472:3.6
2426:3.5
2379:3.7
2343:ITIS
2322:age
1452:and
1440:The
1402:, a
1361:, a
1326:, a
1306:, a
1286:, a
1266:, a
1246:, a
1226:, a
910:and
863:and
861:ITIS
812:carp
753:shad
715:tuna
497:and
466:The
302:are
300:Eels
60:PreꞒ
49:Eels
6930:NBN
6883:495
6826:EoL
6813:CoL
6805:248
6787:AFD
6774:ADW
5718:Eel
5583:Cod
4418:doi
4323:doi
4209:doi
4095:doi
3999:PMC
3981:doi
3908:PMC
3900:doi
3830:doi
3826:127
3797:doi
3756:PMC
3738:doi
3697:PMC
3689:doi
3627:PMC
3617:doi
3460:doi
3323:'s
3265:in
3252:ael
3249:or
3246:aal
3016:aži
3008:áhi
2986:unc
2966:as
2940:áll
2929:Aal
2918:aal
2907:iel
2700:in
2664:in
2650:HKD
2338:FAO
1429:of
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796:ray
781:eel
776:cod
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