American eel
Anguilla rostrata
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Anguillidae
- Genus
- Anguilla
Where to Find
Found in 47 diving areas across 23 countries and 3 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 1 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 130 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 8 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 24 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 4 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 20 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 42 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 26 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 13 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 15 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 5 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 13 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 3 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 200 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 5 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 4 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 13 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 4 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 9 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 12 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 15 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 2 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 10 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 171 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 71 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 11662 records
- Québec, Canada - 22 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 24 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 24 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 81 records
- New England, United States - 9 records
- North Carolina, United States - 1 records