Eel

Suborder Anguilloidei

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:Anguillidae (freshwater eels)

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:Heterenchelyidae

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:Moringuidae (worm eels)

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:Xenocongridae (false morays)

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:Muraenidae (moray eels)

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:Myrocongridae

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Suborder Nemichthyoidei

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:Nemichthyidae (snipe eels)

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:Serrivomeridae (sawtooth snipe eels)

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:Cyemidae (bobtail snipe eels)

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Suborder Congroidei

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:Congridae (congers)

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:Muraenesocidae (conger pikes)

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:Nettastomatidae (witch eels)

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:Nessorhamphidae (duckbilled eels)

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:Derichthyidae (neck eels)

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:Ophichthidae (snake eels)

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:Macrocephenchelyidae

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Suborder Synaphobranchoidei

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:Synaphobranchidae

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:Simenchelyidae (parasitic eels)

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:Dysommidae

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Eels are fish of the order Anguilliformes.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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Eel skins are used in some wallets and purses.

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Moringuidae: The Moringuidae is a small family of eels. They are commonly known as spaghetti eels or worm eels, although the latter name is also shared with other families of eel....

Worm eel: REDIRECT Ophichthidae...

Muraenidae: REDIRECT Moray eel...