Spitzmaulaal

English translation: sharp-nosed eel

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German term or phrase:Spitzmaulaal
English translation:sharp-nosed eel
Entered by: Kim Metzger

21:06 Jul 31, 2013
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology / Fishes
German term or phrase: Spitzmaulaal
Hi,

Would anyone have an idea as to how Spitzmaulaal would translate into English?


I have done some extensive searching myself and what I've found is "long-nosed eel", but I am still not 100% sure, since, according to my client, the Spitzkopfaal is a freshwater eel and the entry I've found for long-nosed eel below seems to suggest it is a saltwater type

http://www.gma.org/fogm/Synaphobranchus_pinnatus.htm

Would anyone know or have a better idea?



Thank you



Robert
Robert Dunn
United States
Local time: 18:02
sharp-nosed eel
Explanation:
Maybe.

Eels are also sometimes described as broadnosed or sharpnosed; the broadnosed eel is one that has excessively developed jaw muscles as a result of voracious feeding, and is almost always a female.
http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/tan/x5915e/x5915e01.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Sharp-Nosed-Eel-Broad-Nosed-12x18-Post...
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 16:02
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sharp-nosed eel


Explanation:
Maybe.

Eels are also sometimes described as broadnosed or sharpnosed; the broadnosed eel is one that has excessively developed jaw muscles as a result of voracious feeding, and is almost always a female.
http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/tan/x5915e/x5915e01.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Sharp-Nosed-Eel-Broad-Nosed-12x18-Post...


Kim Metzger
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zigzag eel


Explanation:
I found this, if indeed it is Mastacembelus Circumcinctus or else "half banded spiny eel"

Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:02
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Native speaker of: English
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