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Anguilla rostrata
American eel
Antietam National Battlefield
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Anguilliformes, Suborder Anguilloidei, Family Anguillidae, Genus Anguilla, Species Anguilla rostrata


Seasonality Tags:
Resident


Threatened/Endangered Status:		RT
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G4
NatureServe State Rank:		MD: S4
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Anacostia Park
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Arkansas Post National Memorial
Assateague Island National Seashore	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Thicket National Preserve	Biscayne National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway	Buffalo National River
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Fire Island National Seashore	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Monocacy National Battlefield
Moores Creek National Battlefield	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Mall and Memorial Parks	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Petersburg National Battlefield
Prince William Forest Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Shenandoah National Park
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	Weir Farm National Historical Park
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	10/3/2012

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/7/2025 10:28:01 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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