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Fish Species Description

American eel

Anguilla rostrata

(Lesueur, 1817)

Classification

Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Anguillidae
Alternate Names:

Status:

Marine, brackish, freshwater

Notes:

Basin Distribution in Georgia:

In Georgia, occurs in the Chattahoochee, Flint, Ochlockonee, Suwannee, Satilla, Ocmulgee, Oconee, Altamaha, Ogeechee, and Savannah River Basins.

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