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Eel Fact Sheet

Eels: ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Actinopterygii Order: | Anguilliformes There are about 800 species of eels that belong to eight suborders, 19 families and 111 genera. Size and Weight: Eels vary in size depending ...

The Mystery of Eels

Web-Exclusive: The Eel Project

The Eel Project trains students and community members to monitor New York's wild eel populations. Volunteers record data on the eels before releasing them above nearby dams and other barriers. Chris Bowser, who heads the project, works for the New York State Department of Environmental ...

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The Mystery of Eels

Web-Exclusive: Painting with Eels

Inspired by the Japanese art form Gyotaku, a type of Japanese fish printing popularized in the mid-1800s, artist and naturalist James Prosek created a series of pieces in the gyotaku style. But instead of using the traditional large-scaled carp to make his nature prints, Prosek ...

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The Mystery of Eels

The Eel Life Cycle

The remarkable lifecycle of the eel, a catadromous fish found all over the globe, in fresh and salt water ecosystems alike. Eels begin life in the ocean before migrating in their larval stage to rivers and streams where they can spend decades before returning to ...

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The Mystery of Eels

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Artist and writer James Prosek explores the dark, mysterious world of the eel.

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