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Annotated Checklist of Eels in Bago River, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Abner A. Bucol | Carmen C. Menes

Discipline: Biology, Science

 

Abstract:

The eels occurring in Bago River, Negros Occidental, Philippines are briefly annotated. Order Synbranchiformes is represented by the swamp eel Ophisternon bengalense while Anguilliformes (or true-eels) consist of 10 species belonging to four families. Snake-eels (Ophichthidae) consist of seven species while Freshwater Eels (Anguillidae), Spaghetti Eels (Moringuidae), Moray Eels (Muraenidae) are represented by a single species each.