European eel, common eel (Anguilla anguilla) Title Die Gartenlaube, 1874
Publisher Ernst Keil
Year of publication 1874
Place of publication Leipzig
Language German
Description
Bild aus Seite 120 in "Die Gartenlaube". Image from page 120 of journal Die Gartenlaube, 1874.
Deutsch: Bildunterschrift: „Vergrößerter Aal-Embryo.“
English: caption: "Vergrößerter Aal-Embryo."
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Die_Gartenlaube_(1874)_b_120.jpg
The European eel or common eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is one of 19 species in their genus, found in the Northern Atlantic south to Mauritius, the Mediterranean, North and Baltic Seas and the rivers that feed into these ocean bodies.