European eel

European eel
A snake-like, facultatively catadromous fish, reaching between 60 cm and 1½ m of length, Anguilla anguilla.

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  • European eel — Taxobox name = European eel image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Anguilliformes familia = Anguillidae genus = Anguilla species = A. anguilla range range map caption= binomial = Anguilla anguilla… …   Wikipedia

  • European eel — europinis upinis ungurys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Anguilla anguilla angl. common eel; European eel; sing eel; weed eel rus. европейский речной угорь; европейский угорь; обыкновенный угорь… …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

  • Eel life history — The eel is a long, thin bony fish of the order Anguilliformes. Because fishermen never caught anything they recognized as young eels, the life cycle of the eel was a mystery for a very long period of scientific history. Although there have been… …   Wikipedia

  • eel — 1) a general tem for any fish with an elongate body. Strictly, a member of the Order Anguilliformes with over 790 species world wide, mostly in shallow marine waters. Most terms mentioning eels in English are referring to Anguilla anguilla, the… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • eel — 1. noun /iːl/ a) Any fish of the order Anguilliformes which are elongated and resemble snakes. There are freshwater and marine species. b) The European eel, Anguilla anguilla. 2. verb /iːl/ a) To fish for eels …   Wiktionary

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  • eel|moth|er — «EEL MUHTH uhr», noun. a European eelpout, a viviparous fish …   Useful english dictionary

  • Eel — laz . Also from the common Germanic are Middle Dutch ael , Old High German âl , Old Norse áll . Katz (1998) [J. Katz, How to be a Dragon in Indo European: Hittite illuyankas and its Linguistic and Cultural Congeners in Latin, Greek, and Germanic …   Wikipedia

  • eel — eellike, adj. eely, adj. /eel/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) eel, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) eels. 1. any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins. 2. any of… …   Universalium

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