| Common name | Anguilla eelgoby |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | India |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | other fish |
| 1st modifier | other fish |
| 2nd modifier | morphology |
| Remarks | 'eel' from Middle English, 'ele', from Old English 'ael' and akin to Old High German, 'ãl' (Ref. 11978);'goby' from Latin 'gobius', i.e., a fish of small value, gudgeon, from Greek 'kõbios' (Ref. 11978); 'anguilla', i.e., eel, from Latin 'anguis', i.e., snake, serpent and maybe directly connected with Greek 'enchelus' (Ref. 26545). |