Anguilla rostrata
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Description
Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817).
American Eel; Anguila, Anguila de Mar, Anguila Verdadera, Anguila Americana.
Distribution: Global: Western Atlantic Ocean; from southern Greenland to northwestern Venezuela; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: LN, RF, SJ, SC, Sa, To, Pa, Ma and Si (Atlantic), 0– 20 m.a.s.l., Per, Dia (Cat).
Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, EN.
References: Bussing (1966: 236; brief description and information on distribution), Bussing (1998: 64; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Angulo et al. (2013: 989; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 2770; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Anguillidae
- Genus
- Anguilla
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Lesueur
- Species
- rostrata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817) sec. Angulo, 2021
References
- Bussing, W. A. (1998). Freshwater fishes of Costa Rica. Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, 468 pp.
- Robertson, D. R. & Van Tassell, J. (2019) Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean: online information system. Version 2.0 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama. Available from: https: // biogeodb. stri. si. edu / caribbean / en / pages (accessed 27 August 2021).