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(of Muraena rostrata Lesueur, 1817) Lesueur, C. A. (1817). A short description of five (supposed) new species of the genus Muraena, discovered by Mr. Le Sueur, in the year 1816. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 1 (pt 1, no. 5) (19 Aug.): 81-83.
page(s): 81 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Greenland south along the Atlantic coast of Canada and US to Panama

Distribution Greenland south along the Atlantic coast of Canada and US to Panama [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158562 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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original description (of Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, 1817) Rafinesque, C. S. (1817). First decade of new North American fishes. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review. 2 (2): 120-121.
page(s): 120 [details]

original description (of Anguilla laticanda Rafinesque, 1818) Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Further discoveries in natural history, made during a journey through the western region of the United States. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review. v. 3 (no. 6) (art. 6) (Oct.): 445-447.
page(s): 447 [details]

original description (of Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque, 1817) Rafinesque, C. S. (1817). First decade of new North American fishes. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review. 2 (2): 120-121.
page(s): 120 [details]

original description (of Muraena argentea Lesueur, 1817) Lesueur, C. A. (1817). A short description of five (supposed) new species of the genus Muraena, discovered by Mr. Le Sueur, in the year 1816. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 1 (pt 1, no. 5) (19 Aug.): 81-83.
page(s): 82 [details]

original description (of Muraena bostoniensis Lesueur, 1817) Lesueur, C. A. (1817). A short description of five (supposed) new species of the genus Muraena, discovered by Mr. Le Sueur, in the year 1816. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 1 (pt 1, no. 5) (19 Aug.): 81-83.
page(s): 81 [details]

original description (of Muraena macrocephala Lesueur, 1817) Lesueur, C. A. (1817). A short description of five (supposed) new species of the genus Muraena, discovered by Mr. Le Sueur, in the year 1816. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 1 (pt 1, no. 5) (19 Aug.): 81-83.
page(s): 82 [details]

original description (of Muraena rostrata Lesueur, 1817) Lesueur, C. A. (1817). A short description of five (supposed) new species of the genus Muraena, discovered by Mr. Le Sueur, in the year 1816. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 1 (pt 1, no. 5) (19 Aug.): 81-83.
page(s): 81 [details]

original description (of Muraena serpentina Lesueur, 1817) Lesueur, C. A. (1817). A short description of five (supposed) new species of the genus Muraena, discovered by Mr. Le Sueur, in the year 1816. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 1 (pt 1, no. 5) (19 Aug.): 81-83.
page(s): 81 [details]

original description (of Anguilla laticauda Rafinesque, 1818) Rafinesque, C. S. (1818). Further discoveries in natural history, made during a journey through the western region of the United States. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review. v. 3 (no. 6) (art. 6) (Oct.): 445-447.
page(s): 447 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]

basis of record Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. (1976). Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B. 106 p. [details]

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source Lutaenko, K.A.; Furota, T.; Nakayama; S.; Shin, K.; Xu, J. (2013). Atlas of Marine Invasive Species in the NOWPAP Region. Beijing: NOWPAP DINRAC (Northwest Pacific Action Plan, Data and Information Network Regional Center). 189 pp. [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern China Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern China Sea (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression
[details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Eastern China Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture
[details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details]

Unreviewed

Diet At sea, young eels feed on plankton, juveniles and adults feed on bottom fishes and invertebrates. In freshwater, diet includes insect larvae, worms, crayfishes, snails, frogs and small fishes [details]

Distribution Greenland south along the Atlantic coast of Canada and US to Panama [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Anadromous; born in Sargasso Sea, drift for one year to North American waters, live in flowing streams for several years, spawn in Sargasso Sea. [details]

Importance Scientific- Commercial; aquaculture; gamefish [details]

Predators Sharks, rays and larval eels and elvers are eaten by their own kind [details]

Reproduction Spawn (once per lifetime) between February and July; external fertilization [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	Amerikansk ferskvandsål	[details]
Dutch	Amerikaanse paling	[details]
English	freshwater eelAmerican eel	[details]
French	anguille d'Amériqueanguille d’Amérique	[details]
German	Amerikanischer Aal	[details]
Japanese	アメリカウナギ	[details]
Spanish	anguila americana	[details]