All the fish grouped together in this section are called 'freshwater eels'. This is because they all have long eel-type bodies and similar diets. Also most of them have a most singular habit of being escape artists - wiggling through even the smallest hole in an aquarium cover!
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Freshwater Eels and Eel-like Fishes - Electric, Tiretrack, African Spiny Eel ... Freshwater Eels and Eel-like Fishes ... Click to learn about Freshwater Eels and Eel-like Fishes...
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Freshwater eels have an excellent sense of smell but can’t see very well. Eels have an elongated, snake-like body and vary in size and coloration. They open their jaws to allow water over their gills for breathing.There are several fresh-water eels, including the peacock, moray, spiny, and tiger.
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Family and species profiles and aquarium care information about freshwater Eels to help eliminate the confusion and misidentification of these with true saltwater Moray Eels. ... Freshwater Eels Family List of Nominal Species; From the fishbase.org database, here is a nominal species and present allocation names list of eels...
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American and European eels spawn in the Sargasso Sea · Peak of spawning is in February · Fecundity is 400,000-2,500,000 eggs per female · After spawning, adults are not known to return to freshwater · Male eels mature early and are restricted to estuaries ·...
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Posted by Tara on August 26, 2002 at 06:04:57: ... They are mostly docile, am I correct? Also where are they from? ... Re: What do freshwater eels eat? PHPiaffe 08/26/02 (1)
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Freshwater eels - BigDoug 01/09/03 (1) ... What do freshwater eels eat? - Tara 08/26/02 (2) ... Freshwater eels for a 360 gallon tank - Dana 04/29/02 (0)
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The common eel is another bottom freshwater fish that is caught extensively by hand lines, at evening and night time, because it is nocturnal in its habits, sleeping or lying in the mud during the day. It is a most voracious feeder, devouring great quantities ... Game Fishing > Bottom Freshwater Fish types > Freshwater eels...
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Great Lakes Waterlife Photo Gallery - freshwater eels ... Family: Anguillidae - freshwater eels ... The female eels remain in freshwater for 10 to 20 years, growing to as much as one metre in length and developing a yellow pigmentation that earns them the name golden eels. As summer fades, these eels leave the inland...
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