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Taxon: Species Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - common eel (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 245.
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Types

Type of: Anguilla (Genus) Schrank, 1798

Combinations

Basionym: Muraena anguilla Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Basionym: Muraena angvilla Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Anguilla acutirostris Risso, 1827 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla aegyptiaca Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla altirostris Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla ancidda Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Anguilla anguilla macrocephala De la Pylaie, 1835 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Anguilla anguilla ornithorhyncha De la Pylaie, 1835 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Anguilla anguilla oxycephala De la Pylaie, 1835 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla anguillia (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla bibroni Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla brevirostris Cisternas, 1877 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla callensis Guichenot, 1850 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla capitone Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla cloacina Bonaparte, 1846 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla cuvieri Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla eurystoma Heckel & Kner, 1858 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla fluviatilis Anslijin, 1828 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla hibernica Couch, 1865 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla kieneri Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla latirostris Risso, 1827 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla linnei Malm, 1877 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla marginata Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Anguilla marina Nardo, 1860 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla mediorostris Risso, 1827 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla melanochir Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla microptera Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla migratoria Krøyer, 1846 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla morena Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla nilotica Heckel, 1846 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla oblongirostris Blanchard, 1866 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla platycephala Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla platyrhynchus Costa, 1850 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla savignyi Kaup, 1856 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Anguilla septembrina Bonaparte, 1846 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla vulgaris Shaw, 1803 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Anguilla vulgaris fluviatilis Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Anguilla vulgaris lacustus Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Anguilla vulgaris marina Rafinesque, 1810 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla vulgaris ornithorhincha De la Pylaie, 1835 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Anguilla vulgaris platyura De la Pylaie, 1835 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Leptocephalus brevirostris Kaup, 1856 Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Synonymous name: Muraena anguilla maculata Chiereghini, 1872 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Muraena oxyrhina Ekström, 1831 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Muraena platyrhina Ekström, 1831 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: Europese paling Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: common eel
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