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    The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a facultative catadromous fish found on the eastern coast of North America. Freshwater eels are fish belonging...
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    species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage and are usually predators. The term "eel" is also...
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    Because fishermen never caught anything they recognized as young eels, the life cycle of the eel was long a mystery. Of particular interest has been the search...
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    Eels are elongated fish, ranging in length from five centimetres (2 in) to four metres (13 ft). Adults range in weight from 30 grams to over 25 kilograms...
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    The Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica; nihon unagi (日本鰻)) is a species of anguillid eel found in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, and Vietnam, as well as the...
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    The electric eels are a genus, Electrophorus, of neotropical freshwater fish from South America in the family Gymnotidae. They are known for their ability...
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  • Anguillidae (redirect from Freshwater eel)
    many Anguillid eels are of conservation concern, including the European eel (A. anguilla), the American eel (A. rostrata), the Japanese eel (A. japonica)...
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    animals such as in lizards, eels and fish, in which waves of lateral bending propagate down the snake's body. The American eel typically moves in an aquatic...
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    not a true eel. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Anarrhichthys. The wolf eel was first formally described in 1855 by the American physician...
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    European eel (A. anguilla), and American eel ( A. rostrata). The life cycle for eels has not been closed in captivity on a sustainable level, and any eel farms...
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