Eel

Suborder Anguilloidei

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:Anguillidae (freshwater eels)

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:Heterenchelyidae

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:Moringuidae (worm eels)

Related Topics:
Moringuidae - Worm eel

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:Xenocongridae (false morays)

Related Topics:
Xenocongridae - False moray

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:Muraenidae (moray eels)

Related Topics:
Muraenidae - Moray eel

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:Myrocongridae

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Suborder Nemichthyoidei

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:Nemichthyidae (snipe eels)

Related Topics:
Nemichthyidae - Snipe eel

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:Serrivomeridae (sawtooth snipe eels)

Related Topics:
Serrivomeridae - Sawtooth snipe eel

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:Cyemidae (bobtail snipe eels)

Related Topics:
Cyemidae - Bobtail snipe eel

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Suborder Congroidei

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:Congridae (congers)

Related Topics:
Congridae - Conger

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:Muraenesocidae (conger pikes)

Related Topics:
Muraenesocidae - Conger pike

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:Nettastomatidae (witch eels)

Related Topics:
Nettastomatidae - Witch eel

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:Nessorhamphidae (duckbilled eels)

Related Topics:
Nessorhamphidae - Duckbilled eel

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:Derichthyidae (neck eels)

Related Topics:
Derichthyidae - Neck eel

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:Ophichthidae (snake eels)

Related Topics:
Ophichthidae - Snake eel

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:Macrocephenchelyidae

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Suborder Synaphobranchoidei

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:Synaphobranchidae

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:Simenchelyidae (parasitic eels)

Related Topics:
Simenchelyidae - Parasitic eel

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:Dysommidae

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Eels are fish of the order Anguilliformes.

Related Topics:
Fish - Order

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The flat and transparent larva of the eel is called a leptocephalus. A young eel is called an elver.

Related Topics:
Larva - Leptocephalus

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Freshwater eels (unagi) and marine eels (Conger eel, anago) are commonly used in Japanese cuisine. Eels are used in Cantonese and Shanghai cuisine too. The European eel and other freshwater eels are eaten in Europe, the United States, and other places around the world. A traditional London food is jellied eels.

Related Topics:
Conger eel - Japanese cuisine - Cantonese - Shanghai cuisine - European eel - London - Jellied eels

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Spiny eels and halosaurs of the order Notacanthiformes are also very eel-like. These deep-diving fish were in the past considered a sub-order of the Albuliformes.

Related Topics:
Spiny eels - Halosaurs - Notacanthiformes - Albuliformes

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Electric eels are not true eels. They are more closely related to catfish.

Related Topics:
Electric eel - Catfish

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Uniquely in Europe, hand netting is the only legal way of catching eels in England, and has been practiced for thousands of years on the River Parrett and River Severn.

Related Topics:
Europe - England - River Parrett - River Severn

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The Anguilliformes (true eels) are an order of bony fishes.

Related Topics:
Order - Fish

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Eel skins are used in some wallets and purses.

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