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Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)

American eel
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Cuba country information

Common names: American eel, Anguila, Common eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Claro, R., 1994
Importance: commercial | Ref: Claro, R., 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Catches less than 100 tons/year. Also Ref. 3242, 26340, 117426.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Claro, R. and L.R. Parenti, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Anguille d'Amérique, Anguila americana, 美洲鳗鲡, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)
Etymology: Anguilla: Latin, anguilla, .-ae = eel (Ref. 45335);  rostrata: Anguilla, Latin for eel, and rostrata, Latin for beaked or curved (presumably a characteristic of which only Lesueur was aware) (Ref. 79012).
  More on author: Lesueur.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas; Água doce; estuarina demersal; catádromo (Ref. 26938); intervalo de profundidade 0 - 464 m (Ref. 57178).   Subtropical; 4°C - 25°C (Ref. 12468); 66°N - 5°N, 98°W - 21°W

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