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- American_eel abstract "The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a facultative catadromous fish found on the eastern coast of North America. Eels (Anguilla spp.) are fish belonging to the elopomorph superorder, a group of phylogenetically ancient teleosts. The American eel has a slender snakelike body that is covered with a mucous layer, which makes the eel appear to be naked and slimy despite the presence of minute scales. A long dorsal fin runs from the middle of the back and is continuous with a similar ventral fin. Pelvic fins are absent, and relatively small pectoral fin can be found near the midline, followed by the head and gill-covers. Variations exist in coloration, from olive green, brown shading to greenish-yellow and light gray or white on the belly. Eels from clear water are often lighter than those from dark, tannic acid streams.The eel lives in fresh water and estuaries and only leaves these habitats to enter the Atlantic ocean to start its spawning migration to the Sargasso Sea. Spawning takes place far offshore where the eggs hatch. The female can lay up to 4 million buoyant eggs a year, and dies after egg-laying.After the eggs hatch and the early-stage larvae develop into leptocephali, the young eels move toward North America where they metamorphose into glass eels and enter freshwater systems where they grow as yellow eels until they begin to mature.The American eel is found along the Atlantic coast including Chesapeake Bay and the Hudson River and as far north as the St. Lawrence River region. Is also present in the river systems of the eastern Gulf of Mexico and in some areas further south. Like all anguillid eels, American eels hunt at night, and during the day they hide in mud, sand or gravel very close to shore, roughly 5 to 6 feet under. They feed on crustaceans, aquatic insects, small insects, and probably any aquatic organisms that they can find and eat.American eels are economically important in various areas along the East Coast as bait for fishing for sport fishes such as the striped bass, or as a food fish in some areas. Their recruitment stage, the glass eel, are also caught and sold for use in aquaculture, although this is now restricted in most areas.Eels were once an abundant species in rivers, and were an important fishery for aboriginal people. The construction of hydroelectric dams has blocked their migrations and locally exterminated eels in many watersheds. For example, in Canada, the vast numbers of eels in the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers have dwindled.".
- American_eel binomialAuthority Charles_Alexandre_Lesueur.
- American_eel class Actinopterygii.
- American_eel conservationStatus "EN".
- American_eel conservationStatusSystem "IUCN".
- American_eel family Anguillidae.
- American_eel genus Anguillidae.
- American_eel kingdom Animal.
- American_eel order Eel.
- American_eel order Elopomorpha.
- American_eel phylum Chordate.
- American_eel thumbnail American_Eel.jpg?width=300.
- American_eel wikiPageExternalLink index.html.
- American_eel wikiPageID "234576".
- American_eel wikiPageLength "31975".
- American_eel wikiPageOutDegree "51".
- American_eel wikiPageRevisionID "682816844".
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Actinopterygii.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Anatomical_terms_of_location.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Anguillidae.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Anguilliformes.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Bald_eagle.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Bald_eagles.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Bioaccumulate.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Bioaccumulation.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Blue_catfish.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Buoyancy.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Buoyant.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Catadromous.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Amphibious_fish.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Anguillidae.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fauna_of_the_United_States.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fish_of_Central_America.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fish_of_North_America.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fish_of_the_Arctic_Ocean.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fish_of_the_Atlantic_Ocean.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Freshwater_fish_of_Florida.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Seafood_red_list.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Alexandre_Lesueur.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Chesapeake_Bay.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Chlordane.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Chordata.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Dioxins_and_dioxin-like_compounds.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Dorsum_(anatomy).
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Eel.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Egg.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Egg_(biology).
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Elopomorpha.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Exotic_species.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Fish.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Fish_fin.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Fish_migration.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Fish_scale.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Flathead_catfish.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Fresh_water.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Gull.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Gulls.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Hudson_River.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Introduced_species.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Latin.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Leptocephali.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Leptocephalus.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Mucus.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Nonpoint_source.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Pectoral_fin.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Pelvic.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Pelvis.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Pharynx.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Polychlorinated_biphenyl.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Polychlorinated_biphenyls.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Saint_Lawrence_River.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Sargasso_Sea.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink St._Lawrence_River.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink Ventral.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink File:Rostrata.jpg.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLink File:Wild_capture_of_Anguilla_rostrata.png.
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLinkText "American Eel".
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLinkText "American eel".
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eel".
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eel, American".
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLinkText "american eel".
- American_eel wikiPageWikiLinkText "eel".
- American_eel accessdate "2006-01-30".
- American_eel binomial "Anguilla rostrata".
- American_eel binomialAuthority "Lesueur, 1821".
- American_eel classis Actinopterygii.
- American_eel familia Anguillidae.
- American_eel genus "Anguilla".
- American_eel hasPhotoCollection American_eel.
- American_eel id "161127".
- American_eel imageWidth "200".
- American_eel month "10".
- American_eel ordo Anguilliformes.
- American_eel ordo Eel.
- American_eel phylum Chordata.
- American_eel phylum Chordate.
- American_eel rangeMap "Rostratamuk.jpg".
- American_eel rangeMapCaption "Range map".