The family of true freshwater eels found in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Indian Oceans, containing the genus Anguilla.
From Latin 'anguilla' (eel) plus the Linnaean family suffix -idae. This is the family classification that contains all the classic true eels.
Anguillidae seems like a small family but contains some of the most traveled fish on Earth—European eels can drift 5,000 miles as larvae and later swim across land in wet grass to reach landlocked lakes.
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