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Abaia is a huge, magical eel in Melanesian mythology. [1] According to Melanesian mythology the Abaia is a type of large eel which dwells at the bottom of freshwater lakes in the Fiji, Solomon and Vanuatu Islands. The beast is said to consider all creatures in the lake its children and protects them furiously against anyone who would harm or ...
The Muraenoidei contains the following nine families: [2] Infraorder Muraenales. Family Heterenchelyidae Regan, 1912 (mud eels); Family Myrocongridae Gill, 1890 (myroconger eels) ...
Alabama bass: Micropterus henshalli: Alabama shad: Alosa alabamae: Albacore: Thunnus alalunga: Alewife: Alosa pseudoharengus: Alligator gar: Atractosteus spatula: Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet. Almaco jack: Seriola rivoliana: Amazon sailfin catfish: Pterygoplichthys pardalis: Amberjack: Seriola
Congroidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels.These eels are mostly marine, although a few species of snake eel will enter freshwater, and they are found in tropical and tempareate waters throughout the world. [2]
An ala or hala (plural: ale or hali) is a female mythological creature recorded in the folklore of Bulgarians, Macedonians, and Serbs.Ale are considered demons of bad weather whose main purpose is to lead hail-producing thunderclouds in the direction of fields, vineyards, or orchards to destroy the crops, or loot and take them away.
The Anguilloidei contains the following families: [2] Moringuidae Gill, 1885 (spaghetti eels); Anguillidae Rafinesque, 1810 (freshwater eels); Nemichthyidae Kaup. 1859 (snipe eels or threadtail snipe eels)
The Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels.Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden (thus the name). [2]
The Muraenesocidae, or pike congers, are a small family of marine eels found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. [1] Some species are known to enter brackish water.