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3.3.1.1 Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)
Small oval scales present, embedded in skin and arranged in a basket-weave pattern. /font>Body elongate; snake like Dorsal fin origin aboe anus or very nearly so. Dorsal fin begins variously between pectoral fin and anus or over anus. No pelvic fin Pectoral fins well developed · Anus in the anterior half of the body · Vertical slit like gill opening · Lateral line complete on body and head · Vertebrae 100 – 119 · Catadromy, migrate from freshwater to marine during spawning · Leptocephali metamorphosis into elvers Eg. 1. Anguilla bicolar bicolar 2. Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis Similar Families Congridae - No scales; lower jaw equal to, or shorter than upper; dorsal fin being above or before pectoral lips. Muraenesocidae - No scales; mouth very large extending to beyond eye; large gill opening. Ophichthidae - No scales; in most genera no caudal fin but tail tip a hard, burrowing point; a median supraorbital pore present. Muraenidae - No scales, no pectoral fin; gill opening a small hole. Xenocongridae - Gill opening a small hole; reduced lateral line system/pectoral fins present or absent. |