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Anguilla rostrata

American Eel

Native range continent: North America

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

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Record photograph for Anguilla rostrata
caught by Jeff Pennick · caught by Jeff Pennick · 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.

Rod & reel Documented

4,2 kg · 117 cm

Weight and length are not asserted as the same specimen.

Method
Rod & reel
Year
1995
Place
Atlantic coast, Cape May · USA · North America
Catch photographs
Record photograph for Anguilla rostrata
caught by Jeff Pennick · caught by Jeff Pennick · Record catch photo
Questionable Questionable

5,94 kg · 127 cm

Weight and length are not asserted as the same specimen.

Method
Method unknown
Year
2008
Place
Atlantic coast, Absecon Bay · USA · North America
Catch photographs
Record photograph for Anguilla rostrata
courtesy of Absecon Bay Sportsman Center; caught by Steven Carmen · caught by Steven Carmen · Record catch photo

possible rod & reel record, determined by state biologists as eel, but looks like a conger

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