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Eels (Order: Anguilliformes)

This includes the family of Fresh water eels (Anguillidae). Two species in genus Anguilla are included in CNM: Short-finned Eel (A. australis) and Long-finned Eel (A. reinhardtii).

6 species

Anguilla australis (Short Finned Eel)

Anguilla australis
Anguilla australis
Anguilla australis

Anguilla reinhardtii (Long Finned Eel)

Gymnothorax prasinus (Yellow Moray, Green Moray)

Gymnothorax prasinus
Gymnothorax prasinus
Gymnothorax prasinus

Ophisurus serpens (Serpent Eel)

Ophisurus serpens
Ophisurus serpens

Scolecenchelys breviceps (Shorthead Worm Eel)

Scolecenchelys breviceps
Scolecenchelys breviceps
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