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Anguilla anguilla

European Eel

Native range continent: Europe

Anguilla anguilla is listed in the freshwater record catalogue (eels).

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Record photograph for Anguilla anguilla
courtesy of ANP; caught by Jan Keijzer · caught by Jan Keijzer · Record catch photograph

Record claims

Within the current result set, documented rod-and-reel weights are preferred, then documented unknown-method weights, then other methods, then found-dead. Length is used only when no weight exists; age only when neither weight nor length exists. Questionable claims appear only if nothing documented remains. Ties prefer the larger value, then exact over approximate/over, then the newer year.

Other methods Documented

7 kg · 135 cm

Weight and length are not asserted as the same specimen.

Method
Other methods
Year
1996
Place
Markermeer · Netherlands · Europe
Catch photographs
Record photograph for Anguilla anguilla
courtesy of ANP; caught by Jan Keijzer · caught by Jan Keijzer · Record catch photo

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