ANGUILLA(EEL) = COMMENTS, HABIT AND HABITAT, CLASSIFICATION, DIAGRAM, CHARACTERISTICS

                             ANGUILLA

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=> Habit and Habitat: Anguilla is a freshwater voracious and catadromous fish that can live outside water for several hours.

• Anguilla is commonly called as the eel.

• Its body is slender, elongates, and snake-like.

• Operculum covers the gill slits on either side.

• A continuous fin is formed by the fusion of the dorsal fin, anal fin, and caudal fin.

• The body is covered by minute scales embedded in the skin and arranged obliquely at right angles to one another.

• Air bladder is present.