The name spiny eel is used to describe members of two different families of fish: the freshwater
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spiny eel — ▪ fish any of two groups of fishes, those of the freshwater family Mastacembelidae (order Perciformes) and of the deep sea family Notacanthidae (order Notacanthiformes). Members of both groups are elongated and eel like but are not related to… … Universalium
spiny eel — noun : any of several strikingly colored eel shaped freshwater fishes (order Opisthomi) of Africa and the East Indies having a long slender snout and an anterior dorsal fin consisting of free spines … Useful english dictionary
Lesser spiny eel — Taxobox name = Lesser spiny eel regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Synbranchiformes familia = Mastacembelidae genus = Macrognathus species = M. aculeatus binomial = Macrognathus aculeatus binomial authority =… … Wikipedia
lesser spiny eel — dantytoji straubliuotė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Macrognathus aculeatus angl. lesser spiny eel rus. колючий зубатый хоботнорыл ryšiai: platesnis terminas – dantytosios straubliuotės … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
Eel (disambiguation) — Eel or eels may refer to:In biologyRay finned fish:* True eels, fish in the order of Anguilliformes * Electric Eel, a species of knifefish in the order of Gymnotiformes * Deep Sea Spiny Eels, a common name for fish in the family Notacanthidae,… … Wikipedia
Spiny-back eel — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Eel — laz . Also from the common Germanic are Middle Dutch ael , Old High German âl , Old Norse áll . Katz (1998) [J. Katz, How to be a Dragon in Indo European: Hittite illuyankas and its Linguistic and Cultural Congeners in Latin, Greek, and Germanic … Wikipedia
Spiny dogfish — Conservation status Vulnerable ( … Wikipedia
spiny lobster — Rock Rock, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. [1913 Webster] Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. Sir … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spiny-finned fish — noun a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays • Syn: ↑acanthopterygian • Ant: ↑soft finned fish • Hypernyms: ↑teleost fish, ↑teleost, ↑teleostan … Useful english dictionary
