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European eel  (Anguilla anguilla)
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General data

  • Main name: European eel
  • Climates: Tropical, Subtropical, Temperate, Continental, Subpolar
  • Habitat: Catadromous
  • Native: Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, South America
  • Distribution: Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Danube, Black sea, Ebro, Caspian Sea, View all... Bojana, Struma (Strymonas), Drin, Vardar (Axios), Lake Skadar, Nestos, Lake Vrana, Don, Rhine, Dnieper, Mississippi River, Arno, Vjosa, Loire, River Severn, River Thames, Lima, River Wye, Daugava (Western Dvina), Ropotamo river, Seine, Garonne, Guadiana, Lake Vistonida, Northern Dvina, Guadalete, Odiel, Guadalquivir, Veleka, Rezovo river, Bann, Gudena, Trent, Great Ouse, Besos, River Clyde, Weser, River Tweed, Bristol Avon, River Eden (Cumbria), River Dee (Aberdeenshire), River Don (Aberdeenshire), River Towy, River Taff, River Ely, Ason

Classification

  • Genus: Anguilla - Eels
  • Family: Anguillidae - Eels
  • Order: Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
  • Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
  • Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

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Taxonomy of Fishes

  • Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
    • Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
    • Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->
      • Perciformes - Perches->
      • Cypriniformes - Carps->
      • Esociformes - Pikes->
      • Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
      • Siluriformes - Catfishes->
      • Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
      • Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
      • Gadiformes - Cods->
      • Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
        • Anguillidae - Eels->
          • Anguilla - Eels->
            • European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
            • American eel (Anguilla rostrata)
            • Giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)
            • Short-finned eel (Anguilla australis)
            • New Zealand longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii)
            • Speckled longfin eel (Anguilla reinhardtii)
            • Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
            • African longfin eel (Anguilla mossambica)
            • Indian mottled eel (Anguilla bengalensis)
            • Indonesian shortfin eel (Anguilla bicolor)
            • Polynesian longfinned eel (Anguilla megastoma)
            • Anguilla borneensis (Anguilla borneensis)
            • Celebes longfin eel (Anguilla celebesensis)
            • Highlands long-finned eel (Anguilla interioris)
            • African mottled eel (Anguilla labiata)
            • Anguilla luzonensis (Anguilla luzonensis)
            • Indonesian longfinned eel (Anguilla malgumora)
            • Mottled eel (Anguilla nebulosa)
            • Pacific shortfinned eel (Anguilla obscura)
          • Neoanguilla - Neoanguilla->
        • Muraenidae - Moray eels->
        • Congridae - Conger and garden eels->
        • Ophichthidae - Snake Eels->
        • Chlopsidae - False morays->
        • Colocongridae - Short-tail eels->
        • Derichthyidae - Longneck eels->
        • Heterenchelyidae - Mud eels->
        • Moringuidae - Worm or spaghetti eels->
        • Muraenesocidae - Pike congers->
        • Myrocongridae - Atlantic red eels->
        • Nemichthyidae - Snipe eels->
        • Nettastomatidae - Duckbill eels->
        • Protanguillidae - Protoanguillids->
        • Serrivomeridae - Sawtooth eels->
        • Synaphobranchidae - Cutthroat eels->
      • Clupeiformes - Herrings->
      • Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
      • Gobiiformes - Gobies->
      • Mugiliformes - Mullets->
      • Carangiformes - Jacks->
      • Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
      • Labriformes - Wrasses->
      • Scombriformes - Mackerels->
      • Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
      • Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
      • Aulopiformes - Grinners->
      • Blenniiformes - Blennies->
      • Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
      • Osmeriformes - Smelts->
      • Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
      • Cichliformes - Cichlids->
      • Characiformes - Characins->
      • Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
      • Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
      • Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
      • Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
      • Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
      • Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
      • Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
      • Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
      • Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
      • Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
      • Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
      • Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
      • Zeiformes - Dories->
      • Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
      • Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
      • Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
      • Lampriformes - Lamprids->
      • Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
      • Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
      • Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
      • Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
      • Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
      • Atheriniformes - Silversides->
      • Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
      • Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
      • Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
      • Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
      • Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
      • Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
      • Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
      • Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
      • Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
      • Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
      • Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
      • Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
      • Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
      • Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
      • Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
      • Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
      • Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
    • Cladistii - Bichirs->
    • Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
    • Chondrostei - Sturgeons->
    • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
  • Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
  • Agnatha - Jawless fishes->
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