Accepted scientific name:
Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
Synonyms:
Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque, 1820 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque, 1820
Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, 1817 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, 1817
Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque, 1817 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque, 1817
Anguilla cubana Kaup, 1856 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla cubana Kaup, 1856
Anguilla laticanda Rafinesque, 1818 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla laticanda Rafinesque, 1818
Anguilla laticauda Rafinesque, 1818 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla laticauda Rafinesque, 1818
Anguilla lutea Rafinesque, 1820 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla lutea Rafinesque, 1820
Anguilla macrops Kaup, 1856 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla macrops Kaup, 1856
Anguilla novaeorleanensis Kaup, 1856 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla novaeorleanensis Kaup, 1856
Anguilla novaeterrae Kaup, 1856 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla novaeterrae Kaup, 1856
Anguilla punctatissima Kaup, 1856 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla punctatissima Kaup, 1856
Anguilla tenuirostris DeKay, 1842 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla tenuirostris DeKay, 1842
Anguilla texana Kaup, 1856 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla texana Kaup, 1856
Anguilla tyrannus Girard, 1858 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla tyrannus Girard, 1858
Anguilla wabashensis Kaup, 1856 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla wabashensis Kaup, 1856
Anguilla xanthomelas Rafinesque, 1820 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Anguilla xanthomelas Rafinesque, 1820
Leptocephalus grassii Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Leptocephalus grassii Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902
Muraena argentea Lesueur, 1817 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Muraena argentea Lesueur, 1817
Muraena bostoniensis Lesueur, 1817 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Muraena bostoniensis Lesueur, 1817
Muraena macrocephala Lesueur, 1817 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Muraena macrocephala Lesueur, 1817
Muraena rostrata Lesueur, 1817 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Muraena rostrata Lesueur, 1817
Muraena serpentina Lesueur, 1817 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Muraena serpentina Lesueur, 1817
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Anguía - - Netherlands Antilles Click here to show the literature
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Úhor americký - Czech Czech Republic Click here to show the literature
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Amerikansk ferskvandsål - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Amerikansk ål - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Aal - Dutch Netherlands Antilles Click here to show the literature
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Amerikaanse aal - Dutch Netherlands Click here to show the literature
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Paling - Dutch Netherlands Antilles Click here to show the literature
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American eel - English - Click here to show the literature
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American eel - English Bahamas Click here to show the literature
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American eel - English Belize Click here to show the literature
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American eel - English Cuba Click here to show the literature
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American eel - English Puerto Rico Click here to show the literature
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American eel - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Common eel - English Barbados Click here to show the literature
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Common eel - English Cuba(Florida) Click here to show the literature
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Common eel - English Netherlands Antilles Click here to show the literature
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Common eel - English Puerto Rico Click here to show the literature
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Eel - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Elver (joven) - English Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Freshwater eel - English Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Freshwater eel - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Silver eel - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Amerikanankerias - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Anguille - French Martinique Click here to show the literature
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Anguille américaine - French France Click here to show the literature
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Anguille d'Amérique - French - Click here to show the literature
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Anguille d'Amérique - French Can Quebec Click here to show the literature
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Aal - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Amerikanischer Aal - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Anguilla americana - Italian Italy Click here to show the literature
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美洲鰻鱺 Mei jhou man li Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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美洲鳗鲡 Mei zhou man li Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Moringa cetkowana - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Wegorz amerykanski - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature
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Enguia - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature
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Enguia-americana - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature
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Amerikanskiy ugor' - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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угорь американский - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Anguila - Spanish Costa Rica Click here to show the literature
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Anguila - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature
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Anguila - Spanish Puerto Rico Click here to show the literature
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Anguila americana - Spanish - Click here to show the literature
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Anguila americana - Spanish Mexico Click here to show the literature
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Amerikansk ål - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Anguilliformes FishBase
Family Anguillidae FishBase
Genus Anguilla FishBase
Distribution: Northwest to western Central Atlantic: Greenland south along the Atlantic coast of Canada and the USA to Panama, and throughout much of the West Indies south to Trinidad.
Lifezones: Brackish,freshwater,marine
Additional data: Probably a junior synonym of A. anguilla (Ref. 4537).
Source database: FishBase, Jul 2013   99%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: -
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=296
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd9f0da6-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20140401