Saumon de l'Atlantique vs Anguille d'Europe

Salmo salar comparé à Anguilla anguilla

Taxonomy & Classification

Attribut	Saumon de l'Atlantique	Anguille d'Europe
Nom scientifique	Salmo salar	Anguilla anguilla
Ordre	Salmoniformes	Elopomorpha
Famille	Salmonidae	Megalopidae
Conservation Status	Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Physical Traits

Attribut	Saumon de l'Atlantique	Anguille d'Europe
Longueur maximale	150,0 cm	133,0 cm
Poids maximum	46,8 kg	6,6 kg
Couleur	Silvery flanks with a blue-green back; sea-run fish are nearly spotless with a few scattered X-shaped dark spots above the lateral line and pinkish-red tones at spawning.	Yellow-olive to olive-brown back and sides in the freshwater 'yellow eel' phase; maturing 'silver eel' phase develops a dark gray-black back with a silvery-white belly and enlarged eyes.

Habitat & Environment

Attribut	Saumon de l'Atlantique	Anguille d'Europe
Type d'eau	Freshwater & Saltwater	Freshwater & Saltwater
Plage de profondeur	0-210m	0-700m
Aire de répartition	North Atlantic Ocean from northeastern North America to western Europe, including rivers of Canada, Norway, Iceland, and the British Isles. Anadromous populations spawn in cold, …	Spawns in the Sargasso Sea and larvae drift to European and North African coasts on the Gulf Stream. Adults inhabit rivers, lakes, and coastal waters …
Habitat	Neritic	Estuaries

Informations sur la pêche

Attribut	Saumon de l'Atlantique	Anguille d'Europe
Poisson de pêche sportive	Oui	Oui
Cote de combativité	8/10	—
Record du monde	—	—
Teneur en mercure	—	—

Cuisine & Edibility

Saumon de l'Atlantique

Rich, buttery flesh with high omega-3 fat content and a distinctly full flavor. Versatile in the kitchen — superb grilled, poached, smoked, or served raw as sashimi.

Anguille d'Europe

Rich, fatty flesh with a distinctive earthy flavor; classically smoked, jellied (in Britain), or grilled kabayaki-style. Critically Endangered — consumption strongly discouraged; population down 90%.

Species Overview

Saumon de l'Atlantique

The Atlantic salmon is an anadromous species that migrates from the ocean to freshwater rivers to spawn. Renowned among fly fishers, it is also one of the most important farmed fish species globally.

The European eel undertakes one of nature's most remarkable migrations, traveling 5,000 km from European rivers to the Sargasso Sea to spawn and die. Despite centuries of study, its breeding grounds were only recently confirmed.