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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Anguillidae
Genus:
Anguilla
Species:
anguilla
Common:
European eel
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Polar
Boreal
Waters:
Freshwater
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Eastern Central
Atlantic, Northeast
Atlantic, Western Central
Africa - Inland Waters
Asia - Inland Waters
Europe - Inland Waters
Mediterranean and Black Sea
Abbott, C. C. 1877. Traces of a Voice in Fishes. American Naturalist, 11(3): 147-156.
Abbott (1877)
Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Lagardère, J. P., Ernande, B. 2004. Émissions Sonores Enregistrées en Marais Salé et Attribuées a l'Anguille Européenne [Sounds Recorded in Salt Marshes and Attributed to the European Eel]. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 327: 353-359.
Lagardère and Ernande (2004)
Protasov, V. R., Romanenko, E. V. 1962. [Sounds Emitted by Some Fish, and Their Signal Importance]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 41(10): 1516-1528.
Protasov and Romanenko (1962)