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European Eel e espécies parecidas

Anguilla anguilla

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Vários peixes podem ser confundidos com European Eel. Aqui estão as principais diferenças.

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American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

Principais diferenças: The European Eel typically has 110-119 vertebrae, while the American Eel has 103-110 vertebrae. This is the primary morphological distinction, often requiring scientific examination. Their geographic distributions are also distinct, though their spawning grounds in the Sargasso Sea overlap.

Conger Eel

Conger conger

Principais diferenças: Conger eels are generally larger, lack scales, have a more pointed snout, and their dorsal fin starts much closer to the pectoral fins. Their upper jaw is typically longer than the lower jaw, unlike the European Eel. Conger eels are exclusively marine.

Lamprey

Petromyzon marinus (Sea Lamprey)

Principais diferenças: Lampreys are jawless fish (agnathans) with a distinctive circular, sucker-like mouth containing numerous horny teeth. They lack paired fins and have multiple separate gill openings, unlike the single gill slit of true eels. Their skin is smooth and scaleless.

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