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Anguillidae - Freshwater Eels
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/anguillidae-freshwater-eels/The family Anguillidae contains a single genus, Anguilla. There are about 20 species worldwide with four species known from Australia.
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Snubnose Eel, Simenchelys parasitica Gill, 1879
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/snubnose-eel-simenchelys-parasitica/Snubnose Eel, Simenchelys parasitica Gill, 1879
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Common Pike Eel, Muraenesox bagio (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/common-pike-eel-muraenesox-bagio-hamilton-buchanan-1822/Common Pike Eel, Muraenesox bagio (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)
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Saw-tooth Moray, Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby, 1895
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/saw-tooth-moray-gymnothorax-prionodon-ogilby-1895/Saw-tooth Moray, Gymnothorax prionodon Ogilby, 1895
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Freshwater Moray, Gymnothorax polyuranodon (Bleeker, 1853)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/freshwater-moray-gymnothorax-polyuranodon-bleeker-1853/Freshwater Moray, Gymnothorax polyuranodon (Bleeker, 1853)
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Painted Moray, Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/peppered-moray-gymnothorax-pictus-ahl-1789/Painted Moray, Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789)
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Yellowmouth Moray, Gymnothorax nudivomer (Playfair & Gunther, 1867)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/yellowmouth-moray-gymnothorax-nudivomer-playfair-gunther-1867/Yellowmouth Moray, Gymnothorax nudivomer (Playfair & Gunther, 1867)
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Large Muraenid Leptocephali
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/large-muraenid-leptocephali/The stunning video below, shows large leptocephali filmed by divers at three locations within the Indonesian Archipelago from 2009 to 2011.
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'Living fossil' eel in an undersea cave
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/living-fossil-eel-in-an-undersea-cave/Dr Dave Johnson from the US National Museum in Washington just emailed me about an incredible eel that he and colleagues recently described. The fish, Protanguilla palau, is now classified in a new family, the Protanguillidae.
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Bartail Moray, Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/bartail-moray-gymnothorax-zonipectis/Bartail Moray, Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906
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