Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)


Maximum recorded size:
50.0 cm TL (male)
133.0 cm TL (female)

Specimens

Specimen n°Collection n°Collection nameLocality (Country) SizeSexNumber of photos
53MNHN-D-35Study collection of P. BéarezBrissac-Quincé (France) 96.0 cm (TL) Unknown sex31

Geographical areas
where this species is found

Name of the geographical area (environment) Maximum recorded size of species
Atlantic ocean (saltwater) No data
Canary Current (saltwater) No data
Aegean Sea (saltwater) No data
Baltic Sea (brackish) No data
Black Sea (brackish) No data
Cantabrian sea (saltwater) No data
Faroe Plateau (saltwater) No data
Galician Shelf (saltwater) No data
Iberian Coastal (saltwater) No data
Mediterranean Sea (saltwater) No data
North Sea (saltwater) No data
Norwegian Sea (saltwater) No data
Sea of Marmara (saltwater) No data
Tagus (freshwater) No data
Neartic (freshwater) No data
Neotropical (freshwater) No data
Red sea (saltwater) No data
Barents Sea (saltwater) No data
Paleartic (freshwater) No data
Åland basins (freshwater) No data
Albegna (freshwater) No data
Azores Islands (saltwater) No data
Balearic basins (freshwater) No data
Balearic Islands (saltwater) No data
Balkan river drainages and lakes (freshwater) No data
Barents Sea river drainages and lakes (freshwater) No data
Bay of Biscay river drainages and lakes (freshwater) No data
British islands basins (freshwater) No data
Bruna (freshwater) No data
Bug (freshwater) No data
Caspian Sea (saltwater) No data
Central Dnieper (freshwater) No data
Central Don (freshwater) No data
Central Turkey river drainages and lakes (freshwater) No data
Corsica basins (freshwater) No data
Corsica Island (saltwater) No data
Cote Azur (freshwater) No data
Crete Island (saltwater) No data
Crimean Peninsula (freshwater) No data
Cyprus basins (freshwater) No data
Danish islands basins (freshwater) No data
Danube Delta (freshwater) No data
Denmark river drainages and lakes (freshwater) No data
Desna (freshwater) No data
Dnester (freshwater) No data
Dnieper-Bug Liman (freshwater) No data
Don (freshwater) No data
Don Delta (freshwater) No data
Douro (freshwater) No data
Dwina (freshwater) No data
Eastern Black Sea (freshwater) No data
Eastern Mediterranean river drainages and lakes (freshwater) No data
Ebro (freshwater) No data
Elbe River (freshwater) No data
Faroe islands basins (freshwater) No data
Fiora (freshwater) No data
Gotland basins (freshwater) No data
Greek islands basins (freshwater) No data
Iberian main basins (freshwater) No data
Iceland river drainages and lakes (freshwater) No data
Ireland river drainages and lakes (freshwater) No data
Italy main basins (freshwater) No data
Khoper (freshwater) No data
Kuban River (freshwater) No data
Loire (freshwater) No data
Lower Dnieper (freshwater) No data
Lower Prypiats (freshwater) No data
Marmara (freshwater) No data
Medvedista (freshwater) No data
Neman (Niamunas) River (freshwater) No data
Nile (freshwater) No data
Northern Atlanto-Baltic river drainages and lakes (freshwater) No data
Oder (freshwater) No data
Öland basins (freshwater) No data
Ombrone (freshwater) No data
Onega River (freshwater) No data
Pechora (freshwater) No data
Po (freshwater) No data
Prut (freshwater) No data
Psel (freshwater) No data
Rhine (freshwater) No data
Rhône (freshwater) No data
Sal (freshwater) No data
Sarata (freshwater) No data
Sardinia basins (freshwater) No data
Sardinia Island (saltwater) No data
Sargasso Sea (saltwater) No data
Sea of Azov river drainages and lakes (freshwater) No data
Seine (freshwater) No data
Severn (freshwater) No data
Severskiy Donets (freshwater) No data
Shetland islands basins (freshwater) No data
Sicily basins (freshwater) No data
Sicily Island (saltwater) No data
Small Don Central (freshwater) No data
Southern Baltic Coastal river drainages and lakes (freshwater) No data
Syvash abo Gnyle more (freshwater) No data
Upper Dnieper (freshwater) No data
Upper Don (freshwater) No data
Victoria (freshwater) No data
Vistula (freshwater) No data
Volga (freshwater) No data
Weser (freshwater) No data
Yegorlyk-Manych (freshwater) No data
Yenice Irmagi (freshwater) No data

Anatomical structures available
for this species

Bone nameNumber of photos
premaxillary1
maxillary5
dentary3
articular3
quadrate4
hyomandibular2
opercle2
neurocranium3
precaudal vertebra 12
precaudal vertebra 52
caudal vertebra 12
preural vertebra 62
urostyle1