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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

eels
1. (arrowtooth eel) See DYSOMMIDAE.

2. (common eel). See ANGUILLIDAE.

3. (conger eel) See CONGRIDAE.

4. (cusk-eel) See OPHIDIIDAE.

5. (cut-throat eel) See SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE.

6. (deep-sea eel) See SERRIVOMERIDAE.

7. (duckbill eel) See NETTASTOMIDAE.

8. (electric eel, Electrophorus electricus) See ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROPHORIDAE.

9. (false moray eel) See XENOCONGRIDAE.

10. (knife eel) See GYMNOTIDAE.

11. (long neck eel) See DERICHTHYIDAE.

12. (long-tailed eel) See MURAENIDAE.

13. (moray eel) See MURAENIDAE.

14. (pike conger eel) See MURAENESOCIDAE.

15. (reef-eel) See MURAENIDAE.

16. (snake eel) See OPHICHTHIDAE.

17. (snipe eel) See NEMICHTHYIDAE.

18. (spiny eel) See MASTACEMBELIDAE; NOTACANTHIDAE.

19. (swamp eel) See SYNBRANCHIDAE.

20. (witch eel) See NETTASTOMIDAE.

21. (worm eel) See MORINGUIDAE.

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