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Electric eel

Despite its common name, the electric eel is a South American freshwater knifefish rather than a true eel. Electrophorus...

Electric South America Freshwater Predatory

8.74 Great

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Japanese eel

Native to East Asia, the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, is a member of the freshwater eel family Anguillidae. Its cata...

Pacific Freshwater Endangered Anguillidae

8.37 Great

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European eel

The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, belongs to the freshwater eel family Anguillidae, but its life cycle connects inlan...

Atlantic Freshwater Endangered Anguillidae

8.10 Great

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New Zealand longfin eel

Endemic to New Zealand, the longfin eel, Anguilla dieffenbachii, spends much of its life in freshwater before migrating...

New Zealand Freshwater Endangered Anguillidae

7.82 Good

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Fire eel

The fire eel (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia) is a large freshwater fish belonging to the spiny eel family, Mastacembelidae...

Southeast Asia Aquarium Freshwater Mastacembelidae

7.82 Good

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Mediterranean moray

The Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena) is a marine eel of the family Muraenidae distributed throughout the Mediterrane...

Mediterranean Reef Marine Nocturnal

6.90 Fair

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Viper moray

The viper moray (Enchelycore nigricans) is a species of marine eel in the family Muraenidae, primarily found in the trop...

Reef Marine Nocturnal Atlantic

6.90 Fair

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Peacock eel

The peacock eel (Macrognathus siamensis) is a freshwater fish belonging to the spiny eel family, Mastacembelidae. Native...

Southeast Asia Aquarium Freshwater Mastacembelidae

6.90 Fair

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American eel

The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a catadromous fish native to Atlantic drainages of North America, the Caribbean,...

Vulnerable Atlantic Freshwater Anguillidae

6.81 Fair

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Giant mottled eel

The giant mottled eel, Anguilla marmorata, is a catadromous eel in the family Anguillidae. It is the most widely distrib...

Large Freshwater Indo Pacific Anguillidae

6.62 Fair

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Spotted moray

The spotted moray (Gymnothorax moringa) is a marine moray eel of the western Atlantic, ranging from the southeastern Uni...

Reef Marine Nocturnal Atlantic

6.44 Fair

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Tiretrack eel

The tiretrack eel (Mastacembelus favus) is a tropical freshwater spiny eel in the family Mastacembelidae, recorded from...

Southeast Asia Patterned Freshwater Mastacembelidae

6.44 Fair

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Tire-track spiny eel

The tire-track spiny eel (Mastacembelus armatus) is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Mastacembelidae, native t...

Southeast Asia Aquarium Freshwater Mastacembelidae

6.44 Fair

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Zebra spiny eel

The zebra spiny eel, Macrognathus zebrinus, is a freshwater fish in the family Mastacembelidae. It is native to Myanmar...

Southeast Asia Striped Freshwater Mastacembelidae

6.44 Fair

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New Zealand shortfin eel

The New Zealand shortfin eel, Anguilla australis, is a migratory freshwater eel in the family Anguillidae. It lives thro...

New Zealand Freshwater Migratory Anguillidae

6.35 Fair

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Australian longfin eel

The Australian longfin eel, Anguilla reinhardtii, is a large anguillid fish native to eastern Australia, Tasmania, Lord...

Australia Large Freshwater Anguillidae

6.26 Fair

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Lake Tanganyika spiny eel

The Lake Tanganyika spiny eel is one of several Mastacembelus species endemic to Africa's Lake Tanganyika, the world's s...

Endemic Africa Freshwater Mastacembelidae

5.52 Mediocre

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Tanganyika spiny eel

The Tanganyika spiny eel is a Mastacembelus species endemic to Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, part of a diverse species f...

Endemic Africa Freshwater Mastacembelidae

5.34 Mediocre

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African longfin eel

The African longfin eel, Anguilla mossambica, is a freshwater eel native to eastern and southern Africa. It is catadromo...

Tropical Africa Freshwater Anguillidae

5.15 Mediocre

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Spot-finned spiny eel

The spot-finned spiny eel is a freshwater mastacembelid from South or Southeast Asia, named for conspicuous spots or oce...

Endemic Africa Freshwater Mastacembelidae

5.06 Mediocre