Anguilla n 1: a British colony in the West Indies [syn: Anguilla] 2: type genus of the Anguillidae: eels [syn: Anguilla, genusAnguilla]
Anguilla Introduction Anguilla --------------------- Background: Colonized by English settlers from Saint Kitts in 1650, Anguilla was administered by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when the island - against the wishes of the inhabitants - was incorporated into a single British dependency along with Saint Kitts and Nevis.
In 1971, two years after a revolt, Anguilla was finally allowed to secede; this arrangement was formally recognized in 1980 with Anguilla becoming a separate British dependency.
Anguilla, or Snake Island, is the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, and is a British overseas territory with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state, represented by a Governor.
The United Nations Committee on Decolonization lists Anguilla as one of the 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories of the world since 1945.
First colonized by English settlers in 1650, Anguilla was incorporated into a single British dependency along with the neighbouring islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the early 19th century, much to the objections of many Anguillans.
Eel populations of some species in the genusanguilla have declined dramatically over the last twenty years.
The European Eel Anguillaanguilla, Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica, and American Eel Anguilla rostrata are the principal Anguilla species considered to be of the greatest commercial importance for food.
All Anguilla species are recorded under the same tariffs, with separate codes for different products: for example, live eels, chilled eels, frozen eels or smoked eels are, respectively, recorded under the following numbers: 0301.92.00, 0302.66.00, 0303.76.00 and 0305.49.50.
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Electric cat (Zo["o]l.), one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp.
They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also sheathfish.
Electric current, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state.
Eels are generally classified as a warmwater fish, and 19 species (including sub-species) in the Anguillagenus are distributed throughout the world.
One of the species, the European eel Anguillaanguilla, is found in Greece.
Growth rate differences are also significant: female eels can reach a weight of 0.5–1 kg in two to four years feeding under normal conditions, while males may take more than ten years to grow to 500 g.
Taxonomic Characterization: The genus Stygiomysis includes blind, stygobitic mysids characterized by a rather vermiform body, a reduced carapace, endopods of thoracopods 2-4 prehensile, and protopod of uropod produced into a long distomedial process.
Ecology: This species was observed crawling on a rock at a depth of 4 m in a freshwater passage.
Evolutionary Origins: According to Pesce (Groundwater Mysids of Italy), "The remarkable distribution of Stygiomysis undoubtedly points to a Tethyan origin, all the species of this genus being actually known from the Caribbean area and South Italy."
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Definitive identification of all species of the genusAnguilla using the complete mitochondrial genome.
Factors affecting the daily catch of glass eels, Anguilla japonica, in the Geum-river estuary, Korea.
Relative importance of oceanic, estuarine and riverine growth histories of the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, as revealed by otolith microchemistry analysis.
