Swamp eel

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title: Swamp eel
text: The swamp eels are a family (Synbranchidae) of freshwater eel-like fishes of the tropics and subtropics. Most species are able to breathe air and typically live in marshes, ponds and damp places, sometimes burying themselves in the mud if the water source dries up. They have various adaptations to suit this lifestyle; they are long and slender, they lack pectoral and pelvic fins, and their dorsal and anal fins are vestigial, making them limbless vertebrates. They lack scales and a swimbladder, a
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category slug: encyclopedia
description: Family of fishes
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_eel
date created: 2003-09-24T03:54:57Z
date modified: 2024-09-01T15:45:03Z
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