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Spotted moray eel in a tank, 2016Eels are elongated fish, ranging in length from 5 cm (2 in) in the one-jawed eel (Monognathus ahlstromi) to 4 m (13 ft) in the slender giant moray.[8] Adults range in weight from 30 g (1 oz) to well over 25 kg (55 lb). They possess no pelvic fins, and many species also lack pectoral fins. The dorsal and anal fins are fused with the caudal fin, forming a single ribbon running along much of the length of the animal.[1] Eels swim by generating waves that travel the length of their bodies. They can swim backward by reversing the direction of the wave.[9] Most eels live in the shallow waters of the ocean and burrow into sand, mud, or amongst rocks. Most eel species are nocturnal, and thus are rarely seen. Sometimes, they are seen living together in holes or "eel pits". Some eels also live in deeper water on the continental shelves and over the slopes deep as 4,000 m (13,000 ft). Only members of the Anguilla regularly inhabit fresh water, but they, too, return to the sea to breed.[10] The heaviest true eel is the European conger. The maximum size of this species has been reported as reaching a length of 3 m (10 ft) and a weight of 110 kg (240 lb).[11] Other eels are longer, but do not weigh as much, such as the slender giant moray, which reaches 4 m (13 ft).[12] Life cycle[edit] Main article: Eel life history Eels begin life as flat and transparent larvae, called leptocephali. Eel larvae drift in the sea's surface waters, feeding on marine snow, small particles that float in the water. Eel larvae then metamorphose into glass eels and become elvers before finally seeking out their juvenile and adult habitats.[8] Some individuals of anguillid elvers remains in brackish and marine areas close to coastlines,[13] but most of them enter freshwater where they travel upstream and are forced to climb up obstructions, such as weirs, dam walls, and natural waterfalls. Lifecycle of a typical (catadromous) eel Eel eggs hatch firstly into the leptocephalus larval stage. Larval eels become glass eels as they transition from the ocean to fresh water. As freshwater elvers, eels work their way upstream. Mature silver stage eels migrate back to the ocean to mate. Gertrude Elizabeth Blood found that the eel fisheries at Ballisodare were greatly improved by the hanging of loosely plaited grass ladders over barriers, enabling elvers to ascend more easily.[14] Classification[edit] .mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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Genomic studies indicate that there is a monophyletic group that originated among the deep-sea eels.[15] Taxonomy[edit] The earliest fossil eels are known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon. These early eels retain primitive traits such as pelvic fins and thus do not appear to be closely related to any extant taxa. Body fossils of modern eels do not appear until the Eocene, although otoliths assignable to extant eel families and even some genera have been recovered from the Campanian and Maastrichtian, indicating some level of diversification among the extant groups prior to the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, which is also supported by phylogenetic divergence estimates. One of these otolith taxa, the mud-dwelling Pythonichthys arkansasensis, appears to have thrived in the aftermath of the K-Pg extinction, based on its abundance.[16][17][18] Extant taxa[edit] .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}A moray eelGorgasia barnesi, a species of garden eel Taxonomy based on Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:[19] Order Anguilliformes Suborder Chlopsoidei Family Chlopsidae Rafinesque, 1815 (false morays) Suborder Synaphobranchoidei Family Protanguillidae G. D. Johnson, Ida & Miya, 2011 (primitive cave eels) Family Synaphobranchidae J. Y. Johnson, 1862 (cutthroat eels) Subfamily Simenchelyinae Gill, 1879 (pugnose parasitic eels) Subfamily Ilyophinae D. S. Jordan & Davis, 1891 (arrowtooth eels or mustard eels) Subfamily Synaphobranchinae J. Y. Johnson, 1862 (cutthroat eels) Suborder Anguilloidei Family Moringuidae Gill, 1885 (spaghetti eels) Family Anguillidae Rafinesque, 1810 (freshwater eels) Family Nemichthyidae Kaup. 1859 (snipe eels or threadtail snipe eels) Family Serrivomeridae Trewavas, 1932 (sawtooth eels) Family Cyematidae Regan, 1912 (bobtail eels) Family Monognathidae Trewavas, 1937 (onejaw gulpers) Family Neocyematidae Poulsen, M. J. Miller, Sado, Hanel, Tsukamoto & Miya, 2018 (orange bobtail eels) Family Eurypharyngidae Gill, 1883 (gulper eels or pelican eels) Family Saccopharyngidae Bleeker, 1859 (swallower eels or whiptail gulpers) Suborder Muraenoidei Family Heterenchelyidae Regan, 1912 (mud eels) Family Myrocongridae Gill, 1890 (myroconger eels) Family Muraenidae Rafinesque, 1815 (moray eels) Subfamily Uropterygiinae Fowler, 1925 (tailfin moray eels) Subfamily Muraeninae Rafinesque, 1815 (morays) Suborder Congroidei Family Colocongridae Smith, 1976 (shorttail eels) Family Derichthyidae Gill, 1884 (longneck eels or narrowneck eels) Family Ophichthidae Günther, 1870 (snake eels and worm eels) Subfamily Myrophinae Kaup, 1856 (worm eels) Subfamily Ophichthinae Günther, 1870 (snake eels) Family Muraenesocidae Kaup, 1859 (pike conger eels) Family Nettastomatidae Kaup, 1859 (duckbill eels) Family Congridae Kaup, 1856 (conger eels) Subfamily Congrinae Kaup, 1856 (congers) Subfamily Bathymyrinae Böhlke, 1949 Subfamily Heterocongrinae Günther, 1870 (garden eels) Anguilla anguilla (Anguillidae) Kaupichthys nuchalis (Chlopsidae) Coloconger raniceps (Colocongridae) Conger cinereus (Congridae) Moringua edwardsi (Moringuidae) Muraenesox cinereus (Muraenesocidae) Echidna nebulosa (Muraenidae) A Nemichthyidae Venefica tentaculata (Nettastomatidae) Myrichthys ocellatus (Ophichthidae) Serrivomer sp. (Serrivomeridae) A synaphobranchid In some classifications, the family Cyematidae of bobtail snipe eels is included in the Anguilliformes, but in the FishBase system that family is included in the order Saccopharyngiformes. The electric eel of South America is not a true eel but is a South American knifefish more closely related to the carps and catfishes. Phylogeny[edit] Phylogeny based on Johnson et al. 2012.[20] body.skin-vector-2022 .mw-parser-output div.clade,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.clade{overflow-x:auto;overflow-y:hidden}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.clade p{font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output table.clade{border-spacing:0;margin:0;font-size:100%;line-height:100%;border-collapse:separate;width:auto;display:table}.mw-parser-output table.clade table.clade{width:100%;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-label{min-width:0.2em;width:0.2em;padding:0.1em 0.25em;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;border-left:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-label::before,.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel::before{content:"\2060 "}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-fixed-width{overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-fixed-width:hover{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-label.first{border-left:none;border-right:none}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-label.reverse{border-left:none;border-right:1px solid}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel{padding:0.1em 0.25em;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;border-left:1px solid;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel:hover{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel.last{border-left:none;border-right:none}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel.reverse{border-left:none;border-right:1px solid}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-bar{vertical-align:middle;text-align:left;padding:0 0.5em;position:relative}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-bar.reverse{text-align:right;position:relative}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leaf{border:0;padding:0;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leaf p{padding-right:5px;padding-left:2px}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leafR{border:0;padding:0;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leafR p{padding-left:5px;padding-right:2px}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leaf.reverse{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leaf.reverse p{padding-left:5px;padding-right:2px}.mw-parser-output table.clade:hover span.linkA{background-color:yellow}.mw-parser-output table.clade:hover span.linkB{background-color:green} Anguilliformes Protanguilloidei Protanguillidae Synaphobranchoidei Synaphobranchidae Muraenoidei Heterenchelyidae Myrocongridae Muraenidae Chlopsoidei Chlopsidae Congroidei Derichthyidae Nettastomatidae Congridae Ophichthidae Muraenesocidae Moringuoidei Moringuidae Saccopharyngoidei Eurypharyngidae Saccopharyngidae Monognathidae Cyematidae Anguilloidei Nemichthyidae Serrivomeridae Anguillidae Extinct taxa[edit] Anguillavus, one of the earliest known eels from the Sannine Limestone Paranguilla, an Eocene eel from Monte Bolca Based on the Paleobiology Database:[21][22] Genus †Abisaadia Genus †Bolcanguilla Genus †Eomuraena Genus †Eomyrophis Genus †Gazolapodus Genus †Hayenchelys Genus †Luenchelys Genus †Mastygocercus Genus †Micromyrus Genus †Mylomyrus Genus †Palaeomyrus Genus †Parechelus Genus †Proserrivomer Family †Anguillavidae Family †Anguilloididae Family †Libanechelyidae Family †Milananguillidae Family †Paranguillidae Family †Patavichthyidae Family †Proteomyridae Family †Urenchelyidae Commercial species[edit] Main commercial species Common name Scientific name Maximumlength Commonlength Maximumweight Maximumage Trophiclevel FishBase FAO ITIS IUCN status American eel Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817) 152 cm 50 cm 7.33 kg 43 years 3.7 [23] [24] Endangered[25] European eel Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) 150 cm 35 cm 6.6 kg 88 years 3.5 [26] [27] [28] Critically endangered[29] Japanese eel Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 150 cm 40 cm 1.89 kg 3.6 [30] [31] [32] Endangered[33] Short-finned eel Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 130 cm 45 cm 7.48 kg 32 years 4.1 [34] [35] Near Threatened[36] Use by humans[edit] See also: Eel as food Freshwater eels (unagi) and marine eels (conger eel, anago) are commonly used in Japanese cuisine; foods such as unadon and unajū are popular, but expensive. Eels are also very popular in Chinese cuisine, and are prepared in many different ways. Hong Kong eel prices have often reached 1000 HKD (128.86 US Dollars) per kg, and once exceeded 5000 HKD per kg. In India, eels are popularly eaten in the Northeast.[citation needed] Freshwater eels, known as Kusia in Assamese, are eaten with curry,[37] often with herbs.[38] The European eel and other freshwater eels are mostly eaten in Europe and the United States, and is considered critically endangered.[39] A traditional east London food is jellied eels, although the demand has significantly declined since World War II. The Spanish cuisine delicacy angulas consists of elver (young eels) sautéed in olive oil with garlic; elvers usually reach prices of up to 1000 euro per kg.[40] New Zealand longfin eel is a traditional Māori food in New Zealand. In Italian cuisine, eels from the Valli di Comacchio, a swampy zone along the Adriatic coast, are especially prized, along with freshwater eels of Bolsena Lake and pond eels from Cabras, Sardinia. In northern Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark, and Sweden, smoked eel is considered a delicacy. Eel picker in Maasholm, sculpture by Bernd MaroGreen water culture system for Japanese eelPositioning eel traps in Inle Lake (Myanmar) Elvers, often fried, were once a cheap dish in the United Kingdom. During the 1990s, their numbers collapsed across Europe.[41] They became a delicacy, and the UK's most expensive species.[42] Eels, particularly the moray eel, are popular among marine aquarists. Eel blood is toxic to humans[43] and other mammals,[44][45][46] but both cooking and the digestive process destroy the toxic protein. High consumption of eels is seen in European countries leading to those eel species being considered endangered. Sustainable consumption[edit] In 2010, Greenpeace International added the European eel, Japanese eel, and American eel to its seafood red list.[47] Japan consumes more than 70% of the global eel catch.[48] Eel fishing boat in France Special boats to transport live eels Comacchio Eel trap in Denmark around 1900 Gerookte paling (Dutch for smoked eel) Etymology[edit] The English name "eel" descends from Old English ǣl, Common Germanic *ēlaz. Also from the common Germanic are West Frisian iel, Dutch aal, German Aal, and Icelandic áll. Katz (1998) identifies a number of Indo-European cognates, among them the second part of the Latin word for eels, anguilla, attested in its simplex form illa (in a glossary only), and the Greek word for "eel", ἔγχελυς enkhelys (the second part of which is attested in Hesychius as elyes).[49][50][51] The first compound member, anguis ("snake"), is cognate to other Indo-European words for "snake" (compare Old Irish escung "eel", Old High German unc "snake", Lithuanian angìs, Greek ophis, okhis, Vedic Sanskrit áhi, Avestan aži, Armenian auj, iž, Old Church Slavonic *ǫžь, all from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ogʷʰis). The word also appears in the Old English word for "hedgehog", which is igil (meaning "snake eater"), and perhaps in the egi- of Old High German egidehsa "wall lizard".[52][53] According to this theory, the name Bellerophon (Βελλεροφόντης, attested in a variant Ἐλλεροφόντης in Eustathius of Thessalonica) is also related, translating to "the slayer of the serpent" (ahihán). In this theory, the ελλερο- is an adjective form of an older word, ελλυ, meaning "snake", which is directly comparable to Hittite ellu-essar- "snake pit". This myth likely came to Greece via Anatolia. In the Hittite version of the myth, the dragon is called Illuyanka: the illuy- part is cognate to the word illa, and the -anka part is cognate to angu, a word for "snake". Since the words for "snake" (and similarly shaped animals) are often subject to taboo in many Indo-European (and non-Indo-European) languages, no unambiguous Proto-Indo-European form of the word for eel can be reconstructed. It may have been *ēl(l)-u-, *ēl(l)-o-, or something similar. Timeline of genera[edit]       Timeline                                 In culture[edit] The large lake of Almere, which existed in the early Medieval Netherlands, got its name from the eels which lived in its water (the Dutch word for eel is aal or ael, so: "ael mere" = "eel lake"). The name is preserved in the new city of Almere in Flevoland, given in 1984 in memory of this body of water on whose site the town is located. The daylight passage in the spring of elvers upstream along the Thames was at one time called "eel fare". The word 'elver' is thought to be a corruption of "eel fare".[14] A famous attraction on the French Polynesian island of Huahine (part of the Society Islands) is the bridge across a stream hosting three- to six-foot-long eels, deemed sacred by local culture. Eel fishing in Nazi-era Danzig plays an important role in Günter Grass' novel The Tin Drum. The cruelty of humans to eels is used as a metaphor for Nazi atrocities, and the sight of eels being killed by a fisherman triggers the madness of the protagonist's mother. Sinister implications of eels fishing are also referenced in Jo Nesbø's Cockroaches, the second book of the Harry Hole detective series. The book's background includes a Norwegian village where eels in the nearby sea are rumored to feed on the corpses of drowned humans, making the eating of these eels verge on cannibalism. The 2019 book The Gospel of the Eels by Patrick Svensson commented on the 'eel question' (origins of the order) and its cultural history. 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