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Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

To FishBase images (<i>Anguilla anguilla</i>, Greece, by V. Tachos & D. Bobori)
To FishBase images (Anguilla anguilla, Greece, by V. Tachos &amp; D. Bobori)

126281  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126281)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Anguilliformes (Order)
  11. Anguillidae (Family)
  12. Anguilla (Genus)
  13. Anguilla anguilla (Species)
accepted
Species
Angill angill (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Anguilla anguillai (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Anguilla anguillia (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Anguilla brevirostris Cisternas, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Muraena anguilla Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraena anguilla Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 245 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Distribution Rivers of North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean seas. Continuous introductions to Asia and South and Central America,...  
Distribution Rivers of North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean seas. Continuous introductions to Asia and South and Central America, but not reproducing. Spawning area in western Atlantic (Sargasso Sea). Also distributed along the coast of Europe from the Black Sea to the White Sea [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126281 on 2024-11-23
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of Anguilla brevirostris Cisternas, 1877) Cisternas, R. (1877). Ensayo descriptivo de los peces de agua dolce que habitan en la provincia de Valencia. <em>An. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. Madrid.</em> 6: 69-138. [details] 

original description (of Muraena anguilla Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 245 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Anguilla cloacina Bonaparte, 1846) Bonaparte, C.L. (1846). Catalogo metodico dei pesci europei. <em>Atti della Settima Adunanza degli Scienziati Italiani Sesta Riunione, Milano 7a Adunanza, Napoli.</em> Part 2: 1-95.
page(s): 38 [details] 

original description (of Anguilla hibernica Couch, 1865) Couch, J. (1865). The history of the fishes of the British islands. v. 4. <em>i-iv + 1-439, Pls. 180-248 + 15, 76, 82, 123.</em>
page(s): 328, Pl. 235 [details] 

original description (of Anguilla canariensis Valenciennes, 1843) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. <em>In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris.</em> v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details] 

original description (of Anguilla fluviatilis Anslijn, 1828) Anslijn, N. (1828). Systematische beschrijving der voor ons meest belangrijke visschen. <em>Du Mortier & son, Leyden.</em> 1-345, 98 pls. [details] 

original description (of Anguilla platyrhynchus Costa, 1850) Costa, O. G. (1829-53). Fauna del regno di Napoli, ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano, etc. Pesci. <em>Fauna del regno di Napoli.</em> Part 1: 511 pp. (variously paginated), 60 pls.
page(s): Anguilla p. 50, Pls. 58, 60 (figs. 3a, 3b) [details] 

original description (of Anguilla vulgaris Shaw, 1803) Shaw, G. (1803). General zoology or systematic natural history . <em>Pisces. G. Kearsley, London, 1800-1826.</em> vol. 4 (1803) and vol. 5 (1804). [Series is 14 vols., 1800-1826.]. v. 4: (pt. 1) i-v + 1-186, Pls. 1-25; (pt 2), i-xiii + 187-632, Pls. 26-92.
page(s): 15 [details] 

original description (of Anguilla oblongirostris Blanchard, 1866) Blanchard, C. E. (1855). Les poissons dese eaux douces de la France. <em>Paris.</em> i-xvi + 1-656. [details] 

original description (of Anguilla vulgaris Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
page(s): 37 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring in function of dredge disposal monitoring in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [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] 

additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source Lutaenko, K.A.; Furota, T.; Nakayama; S.; Shin, K.; Xu, J. (2013). Atlas of Marine Invasive Species in the NOWPAP Region. Beijing: NOWPAP DINRAC (Northwest Pacific Action Plan, Data and Information Network Regional Center). 189 pp. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 245 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea(Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea(Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details]

Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on freshwater and marine fauna  [details]

Distribution Rivers of North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean seas. Continuous introductions to Asia and South and Central America, but not reproducing. Spawning area in western Atlantic (Sargasso Sea). Also distributed along the coast of Europe from the Black Sea to the White Sea [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters.Spawning occurs in Sargasso Sea, leptocephali drift for about 3 years across Atlantic to brackish waters, after several years, return migration back to Sargasso Sea. [details]

Importance Social - Commercial, aquaculture [details]

Predators Herons, cormorants, pikes and gulls  [details]

Reproduction Gametogenesis occurs upon migration to Sargasso Sea; spawning occurs in late winter- spring  [details]
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LanguageName 
Albanian njalangjalameshollagjala  [details]
Basque ibai-aingira  [details]
Breton sili  [details]
Bulgarian Речна змиорка  [details]
Catalan anguila  [details]
Danish ål  [details]
Dutch palingEuropese palingaal  [details]
English European eeleel  [details]
Finnish ankerias  [details]
French civelleanguille d'Europeanguille  [details]
Galician anguía  [details]
German FlussaalEuropäischer AalAal  [details]
Hebrew צלופח אירופיצלופח אירופאיצלופח  [details]
Icelandic áll  [details]
Irish eascú  [details]
Italian anguilla  [details]
Japanese ヨーロッパウナギ  [details]
Lithuanian ungurys  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Χέλι  [details]
Norwegian ål  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål ål  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk ål  [details]
Polish węgorz europejskiwegorz  [details]
Portuguese enguiaeiró  [details]
Romanian anghilă  [details]
Russian Угорь речной европейскийугорь речнойugor'  [details]
Slovenian jegulja  [details]
Spanish anguila  [details]
Swedish ål  [details]
Turkish yılan balığıyilan baligitatlısu yılan balığıtatlisu yilan baligi  [details]
Ukrainian Річковий вугор європейськийРічковий вугорВугор річковий європейськийВугор річковийвугор європейськийbугор  [details]
Welsh llysywen  [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (253 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anguilla platycephala Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anguilla vulgaris marina Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (109 publications) (from synonym Anguilla fluviatilis Gistel, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (109 publications) (from synonym Anguilla fluviatilis Heckel & Kner, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (109 publications) (from synonym Anguilla fluviatilis Anslijn, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Anguilla eurystoma Heckel & Kner, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Anguilla capitone Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Anguilla oblongirostris Blanchard, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (114 publications) (from synonym Leptocephalus brevirostris Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Anguilla nilotica Kaup, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Anguilla nilotica Heckel, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Anguilla brevirostris Cisternas, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (127 publications) (from synonym Muraena anguilla Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Anguilla migratoria Krøyer, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Anguilla kieneri Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Anguilla callensis Guichenot, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (151 publications) (from synonym Anguilla latirostris Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (174 publications) (from synonym Anguilla acutirostris Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Muraena oxyrhina Ekström, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Anguilla canariensis Valenciennes, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Anguilla ancidda Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Anguilla morena Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Anguilla platyrhynchus Costa, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (216 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Muraena platyrhina Ekström, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Anguilla septembrina Bonaparte, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Anguilla hibernica Couch, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Anguilla melanochir Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Anguilla cloacina Bonaparte, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Anguilla altirostris Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) (from synonym Anguilla mediorostris Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Anguilla marginata Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Anguilla cuvieri Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Anguilla bibroni Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (771 publications) (from synonym Anguilla vulgaris Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (772 publications) (from synonym Anguilla vulgaris Shaw, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Anguilla marina (Nardo, 1847))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Anguilla microptera Kaup, 1856)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla anguilla) 
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets 
To FAO Species fact sheets 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla brevirostris Cisternas, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla callensis Guichenot, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla canariensis Valenciennes, 1843)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla ancidda Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla bibroni Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla aegyptiaca Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla altirostris Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla anguilla var. macrocephala De la Pylaie, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla acutirostris Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena anguilla Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla migratoria Krøyer, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla morena Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla melanochir Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla microptera Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla mediorostris Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla marina (Nardo, 1847))
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla linnei Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla marginata Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla latirostris Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla eurystoma Heckel & Kner, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla cuvieri Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla capitone Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla cloacina Bonaparte, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla kieneri Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla hibernica Couch, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla fluviatilis Heckel & Kner, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla fluviatilis Anslijn, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena oxyrhina Ekström, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla vulgaris Shaw, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla savignyi Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla septembrina Bonaparte, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla platyrhynchus Costa, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla nilotica Heckel, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla nilotica Kaup, 1857)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla oblongirostris Blanchard, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla platycephala Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptocephalus brevirostris Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena platyrhina Ekström, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla anguilla oxycephala De la Pylaie, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena anguilla maculata Chiereghini, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla vulgaris fluviatilis Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla vulgaris lacustus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla vulgaris marina Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla vulgaris ornithorhincha De la Pylaie, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla vulgaris platyura De la Pylaie, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Angill angill (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla anguillia (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla anguilla var. ornithorhyncha De la Pylaie, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla anguillai (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla vulgaris macrocephala De la Pylaie, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena anguilla marina Nardo, 1847)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla anguilla var. mucrocephala De la Pylaie, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla fluviatilis Gistel, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla vulgaris Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase images (Anguilla anguilla, Greece, by V. Tachos & D. Bobori) 
To Fishipedia 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (178908 nucleotides; 197143 proteins) 
To GenBank (178908 nucleotides; 197143 proteins) (from synonym Muraena anguilla Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (178908 nucleotides; 197143 proteins) (from synonym Angill angill (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Anguilla anguilla</i>, Greece, by V. Tachos & D. Bobori)
To FishBase images (Anguilla anguilla, Greece, by V. Tachos & D. Bobori)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Gilson (1921, fig. 24)
Gilson (1921, fig. 24)
Olsen (1883, map 24)
Olsen (1883, map 24)
Poll (1947, fig. 110 & 111)
Poll (1947, fig. 110 & 111)
Anguilla anguilla
Anguilla anguilla
ANIMATION: eel
ANIMATION: eel