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European Eel

Fish

A catadromous fish that spends most of its life in European fresh water and coastal seas, then migrates thousands of kilometres to spawn in the Sargasso Sea, after which the larvae drift back across the Atlantic on ocean currents to reach European coasts and rivers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Carnivore 1

System (Realm)

Marine 2

Relationship to People

Hunted or Fished 2

Living or Extinct

Yes 2

Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.

Scientific Name

Anguilla anguilla 2

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered 2

Numbers of eels reaching Europe are thought to have declined by around 90 percent, possibly as much as 98 percent, since the 1970s.

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 3

CITES Appendix

Appendix II 2

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: European Eel

In Biome

Source European Eel (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Source European Eel (Wikipedia)

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Sources

1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Anguilla anguilla

Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet, Anguilla anguilla

Quote, Primary Diet, Anguilla anguilla

Primary Diet carnivore carnivore

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2. European Eel (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Life cycle section
After spawning in the Sargasso Sea, they disperse northwards throughout the Atlantic Ocean, its coasts, and the rivers that empty into it.
Taxobox
Conservation status section
The European eel is a critically endangered species.
Life history section
Unlike many other migratory fish, eels begin their life cycle in the ocean, spending most of their lives in fresh inland water, or brackish coastal water before returning to the ocean to spawn and then die. In the early 1900s, Danish researcher Johannes Schmidt identified the Sargasso Sea as the most likely spawning grounds for European eels. The larvae (leptocephali) drift towards Europe in a 300-day migration.
Lead section
overfishing by fisheries on coasts for human consumption
Article text
The species is listed in Appendix II of the CITES Convention.
In Biome: Estuary

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Anguilla anguilla

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "GNR"

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Wikidata: European Eel

Wikidata Q26387, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Child Taxon Of: Anguillidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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