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Anguilla vulgaris Shaw, 1803 
AphiaID: 299409

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Anguillidae (Family) > Anguilla (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Anguilla Schrank, 1798
Sources  basis of record: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

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Subspecies Anguilla vulgaris fluviatilis Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Anguilla vulgaris lacustus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Anguilla vulgaris macrocephala De la Pylaie, 1835 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Anguilla vulgaris marina Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Anguilla vulgaris ornithorhincha De la Pylaie, 1835 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Anguilla vulgaris platyura De la Pylaie, 1835 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Host of  Ergasilus gibbus von Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (706 publications)
To FishBase
To ITIS
Images 
Gilson (1921, fig. 24)
Gilson (1921, fig. 24)
added on 2008-06-11 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

Olsen (1883, kaart 24)
Olsen (1883, kaart 24)
added on 2008-07-24 - author: O.T. Olsen
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:299409
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Anguilla vulgaris Shaw, 1803. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=299409 on 2013-05-18
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