Cá chình Châu Âu

Anguilla anguilla

Critically Endangered Both

Chiều dài tối đa

133,0 cm

Cân nặng tối đa

6,6 kg

Màu sắc

Yellow-olive to olive-brown back and …

Phạm vi độ sâu

0-700m

Họ

Megalopidae

Phân loại

Food Fish

Giới thiệu

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
Phạm vi độ sâu	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

Loại nước

Freshwater & Saltwater

Phạm vi độ sâu

0-700m

Phân bố địa lý

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.

Quốc gia

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Distribution Map

Present Not recorded countries

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered IUCN Red List

Cá chình Châu Âu is classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Cá chình Châu Âu faces significant threats to its wild populations.

Tính ăn được và ẩm thực

Hương vị

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%.

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Taxonomy

Bộ	Elopomorpha (Tarpons and eels)
Họ	Megalopidae (Tarpons)
Loài	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