Plants and Animals

What is an eel?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/eel-85747.html" >What is an eel?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

Eel is the common name for any fish of the 10 families constituting the order Anguilliformes ...

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about eel . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: What order are eels part of? Are eels fish? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

EEL FISH BREEDING GAINS POPULARITY
Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter Eel fish breeding seems to be gaining popularity...last September, eight investment projects in eel fish breeding with an average planned investment...country's production by 320 tons of fresh eel fish and 1,228 tons of smoked eel fish annually...
Eel: Americans are overcoming their squeamishness as the sushi craze...
Magazine article from: Seafood Business ...taught settlers to capture eels from muddy river bottoms. "Eel rapidly became a staple...This year's U.S. eel imports through August...last year. The farmed eels from China are primarily...the American East Coast eel, Anguilla rostrata...
Demand for eels booming, but U.S. production is small.(Brief...
Magazine article from: Feedstuffs ...hatcheries. The worldwide eel aquaculture industry has...on harvesting the glass eels from the wild for stocking in ponds. The glass eel supply available for catch...potential for aquaculture of eels, but they are not encouraging...operators to establish eel farms. They feel current...
EELS - THE NEWEST MENACE IN FLORIDA.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) ...especially the swamp eel, are his meat. The 3-foot, olive-brown eels have no natural Florida...folks who like to eat eels. Considered a delicacy in parts of Asia, swamp eels occasionally are sold...haven't tried eating eel," Nico says. "But...
EELS, OTTERS, SHARKS ALL IN A DAY'S WORK FOR...
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) ...sliced eye. This eel had suffered a ghastly...infection set in. The eels were wheeled into...along with the other eel. Then they flooded...anesthetic. When both eels again were sleeping...one of the nervous eel wranglers advised...to deal with ornery eels who slither right...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.