Genus Anguilla

River eel - Much of the European eel’s life history was a mystery for centuries, as fishermen never caught anything they could identify as a young eel.

Short-finned eel - The body is long and snakelike, roughly tubular and the head is small, with the jaws reaching back to below the eye or further.

Indian mottled eel - Anguilla bengalensis is a species of eel in the genus Anguilla of the family Anguillidae and consists of two sub-species.

Indonesian shortfin eel - Anguilla bicolor is a species of eel in the genus Anguilla of the family Anguillidae consisting of two sub-species.

Japanese eel - Populations of the Japanese eel, along with anguillid eel populations worldwide, have declined drastically in recent years.

Giant mottled eel - This anguillid species can be found from East Africa to French Polynesia and north to southern Japan.

Speckled longfin eel - The long-finned eel is a native of New Guinea, eastern Australia , Lord Howe Island, and New Caledonia.

Eel - The eel lives in fresh water and only leaves this habitat to enter the Atlantic ocean for spawning.

Order : Anguilliformes
Family : Anguillidae
Genus : Anguilla