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River Eels

Anguilla

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...

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18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 18 known species

American Eel

speciesAnguilla rostrata

European Eel

speciesAnguilla anguilla

New Zealand Longfin Eel

speciesAnguilla dieffenbachii

Australian Long-finned Eel

speciesAnguilla reinhardtii

Short-finned Eel

speciesAnguilla australis

Marbled Eel

speciesAnguilla marmorata

Japanese Eel

speciesAnguilla japonica

African Longfin Eel

speciesAnguilla mossambica

Pacific Shortfinned Eel

speciesAnguilla obscura

Indonesian Shortfin Eel

speciesAnguilla bicolor

Polynesian longfinned eel

speciesAnguilla megastoma

Indian Mottled Eel

speciesAnguilla bengalensis

Celebes Longfin Eel

speciesAnguilla celebesensis

African Mottled Eel

speciesAnguilla labiata

Indian Shortfin Eel

speciesAnguilla pacifica

Indonesian Longfin Eel

speciesAnguilla borneensis

Philippine Mottled Eel

speciesAnguilla luzonensis

Highlands Long-finned Eel

speciesAnguilla interioris

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.593

Medical and Philosophical Garden

Joachim Camerarius · 1588 · p.351

The Secrets of Albertus Magnus on the Nature of Women and the Virtues of Herbs

Albertus, Magnus, Heiliger · 1604 · p.67

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