Английская Википедия:Anguilliformity
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Шаблон:Short description Anguilliformity is a morphological pattern in fishes, named for and typified by the eels. Anguilliform fish have a long, slender body, and travel by anguilliform motion. The caudal fin is often emphasized, with the other fins reduced, absent, or fused with the caudal fin. [1] Anguilliformity has evolved independently in many groups, including among others:
- Anguilliformes, the eels
- Synbranchiformes, the swamp eels
- Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes
- Dipnoi, the lungfishes
- Cobitidae, the loaches
- Gymnotidae, the knifefishes, including the electric eel Electrophorus electricus
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