United States (contiguous states) country information
Common names:
American eel, Freshwater eel
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
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Importance:
minor commercial
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Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture:
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Regulations:
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Uses:
live export: yes;
Comments:
Known from Atlantic, Great lakes, Mississippi, and Gulf basins to South Dakota and south to Florida (Ref. 86798).Type locality: Cayuga Lake, NY (Ref. 79012). Recorded from the Wicomico and Choptank Rivers, MD (Nov. 3, 1999) (Ref. 48776) and Penobscot Bay, Maine (Ref. 39299). Found in 2 out of 6 live fish markets near the Lakes Erie and Ontario (Ref. 53249). Reported from St. Lawrence (Ref. 93252). A popular fish sold in live fish markets. Also Ref. 10294.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)
Etymology: Anguilla:Latin, anguilla, .-ae = eel (Ref. 45335); rostrata:Anguilla, Latin for eel, and rostrata, Latin for beaked or curved (presumably a characteristic of which only Lesueur was aware) (Ref. 79012). More on author: Lesueur.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
