True Eels

Anguilliformes

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True eels is a group of bony fishes. There are 945 species of true eels, in 161 genera and 20 families. This group has been around since the Cretaceous Period. Anguilliformes (true eels) includes groups like Snipe eels, False morays, and Pike congers.

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EOL has data for 25 attributes, including:

eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Decapoda (decapods)
ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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nektobenthic
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nektobenthic
- Definition: Active swimming organisms that live near the bottom a body of water.
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first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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Cretaceous Period
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Cretaceous
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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marine
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000569
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a sea or ocean containing high concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (typically >35 grams dissolved salts per litre).
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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson & R 1831) (Double-crested cormorant)
motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
- Definition: Organisms that move habitually, of their own volition.
- Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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234
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Definition: automatically added during harvest
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Nematoda (roundworms)
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae Stephens 1826
trophic level
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
- Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
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carnivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
- Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of true eels

true eels Habitats

The environments in which many true eels species are known to live. Select an environment to see its true eels species checklist.

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true eels Habitats

The environments in which many true eels species are known to live. Select an environment to see its true eels species checklist.

True Eels

Anguilliformes

true eels Habitats

true eels Habitats

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