Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 American eel

  FAMILY -               Anguillidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Anguilla rostrata

  SYNONYMS - Muraena rostrata -Lesueur 1817

  REFERENCES - 01

  

                                                              
  

  District                                                     Reference

  Stann Creek                                                          1
  Toledo                                                               1
  

  

                                                                               
  

  Hydrologic Association         Reference

  Coastal                              1
  Mango Creek                          1
  

  Elevation        Reference

  1-200 m               1
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  16 30' to 16 45'; 88 15' to 88 30'           1
  

  Holdridge Life Zone                   Reference

  Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical     1
  

  References

  1   Greenfield, D. W., J. E. Thomerson. 1997. Fishes of the Continental
      Waters of Belize.  University of Florida Press.