Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes, which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early
The European conger is the heaviest of all eels.
Eel eggs hatch firstly into the leptocephalus larval stage.
Larval eels become glass eels as they transition from the ocean to fresh water.
The short-finned eel, also known as the shortfin eel, is one of the 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae. It is native to the lakes, dams and coastal rivers of south-eastern Australia, New Zeal
An 1888 illustration of a short-finned eel attacking a black-backed gull in New Zealand