The eel belongs to the wetland ecosystem. The eel is a typical migratory fish, which usually inhabits the rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and ponds with still water in the earth caves and crevices, and sometimes swims up from the water to the land to breathe through the skin, and also moves to other waters through the wet grassland.

What kind of ecosystem does the eel belong to

The eel is a carnivorous fish that mainly feeds on snails, razor clams, small crabs, shrimps, earthworms and aquatic insects.

The eel is mainly found in the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and other rivers in China.

The body length of adult eels is about 300 millimeters, and the maximum length is up to 1.3 meters, weighing about 5 kilograms.