WoRMS taxon details
Anguilla Schrank, 1798
125620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125620)
accepted
Genus
Angguilla · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Angill · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tribranchus Peters, 1846 · unaccepted
- Species Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841
- Species Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
- Species Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
- Species Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856
- Species Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, 1842
- Species Anguilla interioris Whitley, 1938
- Species Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
- Species Anguilla labiata (Peters, 1852)
- Species Anguilla luzonensis Watanabe, Aoyama & Tsukamoto, 2009
- Species Anguilla malgumora Kaup, 1856
- Species Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Species Anguilla megastoma Kaup, 1856
- Species Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852)
- Species Anguilla nebulosa McClelland, 1844
- Species Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872
- Species Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867
- Species Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Subgenus Anguilla (Ophisoma) Swainson, 1839 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838 (synonym)
- Species Anguilla acuminata Swainson, 1839 accepted as Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Anguilla acutirostris Risso, 1827 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla aegyptiaca Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla altirostris Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla amblodon Günther, 1867 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
- Species Anguilla amboinensis Peters, 1866 accepted as Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856 (synonym)
- Species Anguilla ancestralis Ege, 1939 accepted as Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856
- Species Anguilla ancidda Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla anguillai (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Species Anguilla anguillia (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Species Anguilla angustidens Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Anguilla arracana McClelland, 1844 accepted as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
- Species Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla austrata Richardson, 1841 accepted as Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 (misspelling)
- Species Anguilla bibroni Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla bleekeri Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
- Species Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, 1817 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla bostoniensis (Lesueur, 1817) accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla breviceps Chu & Jin, 1984 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Anguilla brevirostris Cisternas, 1877 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Anguilla brevirostris McClelland, 1844 accepted as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
- Species Anguilla callensis Guichenot, 1850 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla cantori Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
- Species Anguilla capensis Kaup, 1859 accepted as Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852) (synonym)
- Species Anguilla capitone Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla celebensis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
- Species Anguilla cellebesensis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
- Species Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque, 1817 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla cloacina Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla conger (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla cubana Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla cuvieri Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla delalandi Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852)
- Species Anguilla delalandii Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852) (misspelling)
- Species Anguilla dieffenbachi Gray, 1842 accepted as Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, 1842 (misspelling)
- Species Anguilla dussumieri Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
- Species Anguilla elphinstonei Sykes, 1839 accepted as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831) (synonym)
- Species Anguilla eurystoma Heckel & Kner, 1858 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Anguilla fidjiensis Günther, 1870 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Species Anguilla fluviatilis Heckel & Kner, 1858 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla fluviatilis Anslijn, 1828 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla fluviatilis Gistel, 1848 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla hibernica Couch, 1865 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla hildebrandti Peters, 1881 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (synonym)
- Species Anguilla hildebrandti Sauvage, 1891 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (ambiguous synonym)
- Species Anguilla huangi Teng, Lin & Tzeng, 2009 accepted as Anguilla luzonensis Watanabe, Aoyama & Tsukamoto, 2009
- Species Anguilla immaculata Swainson, 1839 accepted as Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton, 1822) (synonym)
- Species Anguilla johannae Günther, 1867 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Species Anguilla kieneri Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla labrosa Richardson, 1848 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (synonym)
- Species Anguilla laticanda Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla laticauda Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817) (synonym)
- Species Anguilla latirostris Risso, 1827 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla linnei Malm, 1877 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla lutea Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla macrophthalma (Peters, 1852) accepted as Anguilla labiata (Peters, 1852)
- Species Anguilla macrops Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla maculatus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Moringua raitaborua (Hamilton, 1822) (synonym)
- Species Anguilla malabarica Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
- Species Anguilla manabei Jordan, 1913 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
- Species Anguilla marginata Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla marina (Nardo, 1847) accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla marmolata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (misspelling)
- Species Anguilla mauritiana Bennett, 1831 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Species Anguilla mediorostris Risso, 1827 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla melanochir Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla microptera Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla migratoria Krøyer, 1846 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla moa Bleeker, 1849 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
- Species Anguilla morena Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla mowa Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844 (synonym)
- Species Anguilla myriaster Brevoort, 1856 accepted as Conger myriaster (Brevoort, 1856)
- Species Anguilla nigricans Chu & Wu, 1984 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (synonym)
- Species Anguilla nilotica Heckel, 1846 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla nilotica Kaup, 1857 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla novaeorleanensis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla novaeterrae Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla oblongirostris Blanchard, 1866 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla obtusa Swainson, 1839 accepted as Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla oceanica Mitchill, 1818 accepted as Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818)
- Species Anguilla pacifica Schmidt, 1928 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
- Species Anguilla platycephala Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla platyrhynchus Costa, 1850 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla punctatissima Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla puncticulata Swainson, 1839 accepted as Pisodonophis hijala (Hamilton, 1822) (synonym)
- Species Anguilla reinhardti Steindachner, 1867 accepted as Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867 (misspelling)
- Species Anguilla remifera Jordan & Evermann, 1902 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
- Species Anguilla savignyi Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla schmidtii Phillipps, 1925 accepted as Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841
- Species Anguilla septembrina Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla serpens Shaw, 1803 accepted as Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Anguilla sidat Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844 (synonym)
- Species Anguilla sinensis McClelland, 1843 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
- Species Anguilla spengeli Weber, 1912 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
- Species Anguilla tenuirostris DeKay, 1842 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla texana Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla tyrannus Girard, 1858 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Species Anguilla variegata McClelland, 1844 (unaccepted)
- Species Anguilla virescens (Peters, 1852) (unaccepted)
- Species Anguilla vulgaris Shaw, 1803 (unaccepted)
- Species Anguilla vulgaris Rafinesque, 1810 (unaccepted)
- Species Anguilla wabashensis Kaup, 1856 (unaccepted)
- Species Anguilla xanthomelas Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted, synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schrank, F. von P. (1798). Fauna Boica, durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Erster Band. <em>Stein'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg.</em> v. 1: i-xii + 1-720., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31376383
page(s): 307 [details]
page(s): 307 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Anguilla Schrank, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125620 on 2024-11-23
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Schrank, F. von P. (1798). Fauna Boica, durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Erster Band. <em>Stein'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg.</em> v. 1: i-xii + 1-720., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31376383
page(s): 307 [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 307 [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Language | Name | |
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Dutch | aal | [details] |
English | Eel | [details] |
Japanese | ウナギ属 | [details] |
Russian | Речной угорь | [details] |