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Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Anguilliformes
family
Anguillidae
genus
Anguilla
species
Anguilla anguilla

Name

Synonyms
Angill angill (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anguilla acutirostris Risso, 1827
Anguilla aegyptiaca Kaup, 1856
Anguilla altirostris Kaup, 1856
Anguilla anacamptoentera Balsamo-Crivelli & Maggi, 1873
Anguilla ancidda Kaup, 1856
Anguilla anguilla oxycephala De la Pylaie, 1835
Anguilla anguilla var. macrocephala De la Pylaie, 1835
Anguilla anguilla var. mucrocephala De la Pylaie, 1835
Anguilla anguilla var. ornithorhyncha De la Pylaie, 1835
Anguilla anguillai (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anguilla anguillia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anguilla bibroni Kaup, 1856
Anguilla brevirostris Cisternas, 1877
Anguilla callensis Guichenot, 1850
Anguilla canariensis Valenciennes, 1843
Anguilla capitone Kaup, 1856
Anguilla cloacina Bonaparte, 1846
Anguilla cuvieri Kaup, 1856
Anguilla eurystoma Heckel & Kner, 1858
Homonyms
Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Aal in German
Aal in Dutch
Aal in German
Aal in German
Aal in German
Aal in German
Aal in German
Ahlen in German
An eascann in Irish
Anghila in Romanian
Angolna in Hungarian
Anguielo in French
Anguila in Spanish
Anguila europea in Spanish
Anguilla in Italian
Anguilla in Spanish
Anguilla in Italian
Anguilla catarrojina in Spanish
Anguilla europeana in Romanian
Anguilla fartona in Spanish
Anguilla maresa in Spanish
Anguilla martina in Spanish
Anguilla pastorenca in Spanish
Anguilla pugaron in Spanish
Anguille in French
Anguille in French
Anguille in French
Anguille argentée in French
Anguille d'Europe in French
Anguille d’Europe, Anguille européenne in French
Anguille jaune in French
Angèle in French
Ankerias in Finnish
Blankaal in German
Bomarinque in French
Bouiron in French
Civelle in French
Common eel in English
Coureuse in French
De la riviere in French
Eascann in Irish
Eiró in Portuguese
Enguia in Portuguese
Enguia-europeia in Portuguese
Europaischer Aal in German
European Eel in English
European eel in English
European eel in English
European eel in English
European eel in English

Bibliographic References

  1. (2005) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
  2. (2010) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010
  3. (2012) Catalog of Fishes - version of 2 October 2012.
  4. Eschmeyer, R. (eds.) (2012) Catalog of Fishes - version of 2 October 2012. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp
  5. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  6. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  7. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  8. Gärdenfors (ed.) (2010) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010
  9. Gärdenfors (ed.), U. (2005) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Kullander (1999) Förteckning över svenska fiskar
  13. Kullander, Nyman, Jilg & Delling (2012) Nationalnyckel till Sveriges flora och fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: Strålfeniga fiskar. Chordata: Actinopterygii.
  14. Kullander, Nyman, Jilg & Delling (2012) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: Strålfeniga fiskar. Chordata: Actinopterygii
  15. Kullander, S.O. (1999) Förteckning över svenska fiskar
  16. 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). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  17. 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). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
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