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CaRMS taxon detailsAnguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
126281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126281)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh,
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 245 [details] Available for editors 
Distribution Rivers of North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean seas. Continuous introductions to Asia and South and Central America,...
Distribution Rivers of North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean seas. Continuous introductions to Asia and South and Central America, but not reproducing. Spawning area in western Atlantic (Sargasso Sea). Also distributed along the coast of Europe from the Black Sea to the White Sea [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126281 on 2025-05-03
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126281 on 2025-05-03
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original description
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 245 [details] Available for editors context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring in function of dredge disposal monitoring in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details] basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] additional source Lutaenko, K.A.; Furota, T.; Nakayama; S.; Shin, K.; Xu, J. (2013). Atlas of Marine Invasive Species in the NOWPAP Region. Beijing: NOWPAP DINRAC (Northwest Pacific Action Plan, Data and Information Network Regional Center). 189 pp. [details]  additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 245 [details] Available for editors additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea(Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details]Introduced species impact Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details] Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details] Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details] Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea(Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details] Introduced species impact Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details] Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on freshwater and marine fauna [details]Distribution Rivers of North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean seas. Continuous introductions to Asia and South and Central America, but not reproducing. Spawning area in western Atlantic (Sargasso Sea). Also distributed along the coast of Europe from the Black Sea to the White Sea [details] Habitat benthic [details] Habitat Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters.Spawning occurs in Sargasso Sea, leptocephali drift for about 3 years across Atlantic to brackish waters, after several years, return migration back to Sargasso Sea. [details] Importance Social - Commercial, aquaculture [details] Predators Herons, cormorants, pikes and gulls [details] Reproduction Gametogenesis occurs upon migration to Sargasso Sea; spawning occurs in late winter- spring [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (253 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (216 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Dyntaxa To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla anguilla) To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To FishBase images (Anguilla anguilla, Greece, by V. Tachos & D. Bobori) To Fishipedia To FishSounds To GenBank (178908 nucleotides; 197143 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered) To PESI To ITIS |
