For what kind of familiy eel belongs to? is it snake or regular fish?

Question

the question is, eel is fish or snake? can you call it snake?

Answer 1

The family is Anguillidae for the common eels.There are several other families of eels, such as the morays and conger eels, all in the Order Anguilliformes. They are bony fishes, not snakes.

Answer 2

True eels are an order of fish. See the reference for more details.

Answer 3

fish

Answer 4

It's a fish.  You can call it a snake if you don't mind being utterly wrong, but I wouldn't recommend it.

Answer 5

Eel is a fish.

Answer 6

Morays are true eels (Order Anquilliformes) one of twenty some families, six-hundred plus species; as opposed to all the other so-called "eel-like" groups of fishes (e.g. wolf-eels that are actually blennies, family Anarrhichadidae spiny eels, Mastacembelidae; and many other non-true-eel groups that have many head lengths into body lengths appearance). Morays lack scales, caudal, pelvic and pectoral fins, instead locomoting with long, continuous dorsal and anal fins. Their scary-looking open-mouthedness is related to their possession of small, restricted gill openings without covers; they're breathing! Muraenids sport lateral line pores on their protruding heads, but not on the body. Think about this last characteristic. Makes sense for animals that spend most their time with just their head sticking out of cover.