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Anguillidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Anguilliformes
family
Anguillidae

Name

Homonyms
Anguillidae
Common names
Aale in German
Angolnafélék in Hungarian
Anguille in Italian
Be Jagul in language.
Enguias-típicas in Portuguese
Ferskvandsål in Danish
Ferskvandsål in Danish
Freshwater Eels in English
Freshwater Eels in English
Palos in Tagalog
Węgorzowate in Polish
Zuši in Latvian
anguilas de río in Spanish
anguilas de río in Spanish
anguilles d'eau douce in French
anguilles d'eau douce in French
ankeriaat in Finnish
ankeriaat in Finnish
egentliga ålar in Swedish
freshwater eels in English
freshwater eels in English
freshwater eels in English
palingen in Dutch
ålefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
ålfiskar in Swedish
úhořovití in Czech
Вугрові in Ukrainian
Пресноводные угри in Russian
Речни змиорки in Bulgarian
Угрёвые in Russian
ปลาตูหนา ปลาเอี่ยนหู ปลาสะแงะ ฯลฯ in Thai
ウナギ科 in Japanese
鰻鱺科 in Chinese
鳗鲡科 in Chinese
뱀장어과 in Korean
ålefamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
ålefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
ålfiskar in Swedish
ウナギ科 in Japanese
egentliga ålar in Swedish
egentliga ålar in Swedish
egentliga ålar in Swedish
freshwater eels in English
freshwater eels in English
ålefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
ålefamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
ålefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
ålefamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
ウナギ科 in Japanese
ウナギ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Eschmeyer, Fricke & van der Laan (2012) Family Group Names of Fishes (Draft 2, 2 Oct. 2012).
  5. FishBase
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  8. Kullander, Nyman, Jilg & Delling (2012) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: Strålfeniga fiskar. Chordata: Actinopterygii
  9. Matsuura, Keiichi, 2014: Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review. Ichthyological Research, vol. 62, no. 1. 72-113.
  10. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  12. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  13. Smith, D. G. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Anguillidae: Freshwater eels. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1630-1636.
  14. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  15. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  16. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  17. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
  18. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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