European eel
| European eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Faimily: | Anguillidae |
| Genus: | Anguilla |
| Species: | A. anguilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Anguilla anguilla | |
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| Range for wild European eel | |
| Synonyms | |
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Muraena anguilla Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The European eel (Anguilla anguilla),[2] or semply eel, is a species o eel, a snake-lik, catadromous fish. Thay can reach a lenth o 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) in exceptional cases, but are normally aroond 60–80 cm (2.0–2.6 ft), an rarely reach mair nor 1 m (3 ft 3 in). While captive specimens hae leeved ower 85 years, the species' lifespan in the wild haes nae been determined.[3][4]
References
eedit- ↑ "Anguilla anguilla". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. 2014. Retrieved 30 Juin 2014. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
|last-author-amp=(help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) - ↑ "Anguilla anguilla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 Mairch 2006.
- ↑ "Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) European eel". FishBase. fishbase.org. Retrieved 3 Januar 2017.
- ↑ Deelder, C.L. (1984). "SYNOPSIS OF BIOLOGICAL DATA ON THE EEL Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)" (PDF). www.fao.org. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGAMZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. p. 12. Retrieved 3 Januar 2017.