Anguille d'Europe

Anguilla anguilla

Critically Endangered Both

Longueur maximale

133,0 cm

Poids maximum

6,6 kg

Couleur

Yellow-olive to olive-brown back and …

Plage de profondeur

0-700m

Famille

Megalopidae

Catégorie

Food Fish

À propos

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.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value
Maximum Length	133,0 cm
Maximum Weight	6,6 kg
Plage de profondeur	0-700m

Coloration

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 & Distribution

Estuaries

Type d'eau

Freshwater & Saltwater

Plage de profondeur

0-700m

Aire de répartition

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 from Iceland and northern Norway south to the Mediterranean and Morocco.

Pays

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Distribution Map

Present Not recorded countries

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered IUCN Red List

Anguille d'Europe is classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Anguille d'Europe faces significant threats to its wild populations.

Comestibilité et gastronomie

Goût

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%.

Informations sur la pêche

Poisson de pêche sportive

Oui

Taxonomy

Ordre	Elopomorpha (Tarpons and eels)
Famille	Megalopidae (Tarpons)
Espèces	Anguilla anguilla

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name
Arabic	أنقليس أوروبي
Chinese (Simplified)	欧洲鳗鲡
French	Anguille d'Europe
German	Europäischer Aal
Indonesian	Sidat eropa
Japanese	ヨーロッパウナギ
Korean	유럽뱀장어
Russian	речной угорь
Spanish	Anguila europea
Thai	ปลาตูหนายุโรป
Vietnamese	Cá chình Châu Âu