Freshwater Eel
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Smoked eel is a delicacy in many European countries.

European eels like hide among rocks and burrow in mud

Freshwater eels are found in the wild, but they are also often kept as pets in aquariums.

Freshwater eels are nocturnal creatures.

Freshwater eels are fish with snake-like bodies.

The European eel, or Anguilla anguilla, lives in freshwater, spawns in salt water, and then dies.