American Eel Anguilla rostrata

Classification

Anguillidae [family]

Anguilla [genus] (1)

Anguilla [genus] (1)

Recorded on	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten

Notes on presence status	Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean islands by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Aruba, Sint Eustatius and Saba

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Kristensen, I. 1971. Jaarverslag 1971. 33 pp. Carmabi Foundation Annual Report, Curaçao.
Metzelaar, J. 1919. Over Tropische Atlantische vissen. 314. A.H.Kruyt Uitgever, Amsterdam.
MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
Anderson, C.L., Tassell, J.L. van, Brown, B., Robertson, D.R., Piontek, S., Hoetjes, P.C., Sparks, J.S., Kramer, A. & Buurt, G. van 2006. Preliminary list of fishes from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute expedition to Curaçao with comparison to previously formulated lists. [link]