The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a facultative catadromous eel found on the eastern coast of North America. Freshwater eels are fish belonging to the elopomorph superorder, a group of phylogenetically ancient teleosts. [2]

Mar 17, 2025 · Scientists found extremely long eels with large teeth, wrinkles and discovered common new species: Mekong’s estuary snake eel, a study said.

May 9, 2017 · Albany The Hudson River Glass Eel Project NYC •Spans 150 miles of tidal estuary from Staten Island (salt) to near Albany (fresh) •Variety of methods, sites, and audiences •Springtime focus on YOY/glass eels/elvers

What is The Glass Eel Project? Fyke nets are set in tributaries of the Hudson. Each day in the spring volunteers and students check the nets, count the eels, record the data, and release the eels above the next barrier to migration. 2019 was the 12th year of the eel project! Want to join us? Find the site closest to you and send us an email!

Apr 12, 2016 · At two inches long and still transparent, they are called glass eels. They make their way into estuaries which connect saltwater to freshwater. Many of them find themselves in water bodies of local New York State parks along the Hudson River. Once in freshwater, they develop a brown coloration.

During this project, teams of students, educators, community volunteers, and staff from WRI and the Estuary Program collect glass eels using specialized nets and traps on several Hudson River tributaries each spring. The juvenile fish are counted, weighed, and released above barriers to …

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Hudson River Estuary Program and National Estuarine Research Reserve support a community science eel monitoring program to track the number of young of year (YOY) eels in …

Mar 11, 2017 · Habitat loss, erosion, pollution and stormwater culverts all disrupt the juvenile eels’ uphill estuary journey. But the most common obstacles they face are dams: small flood-control or fishing-hole structures, man-made lake and reservoir dams, and massive hydroelectric plants.

Mar 13, 2025 · Two new extremely elongate snake eel of the genus Ophichthus are described based on specimens collected from Vietnamese waters.

This review paper focuses on the estuarine entry phase of the eel life cycle and synthesises the current scientific knowledge with regard to glass eel migratory behaviour, sampling methods and abundance estimates within estuaries.