Antique illustration of the European eel. Vintage illustration of the European eel. Antique picture of the European eel. The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. They are normally around 60–80 cm (– ft) and rarely reach more than 1 m (3 ft 3 in), but can reach a length of up to m (4 ft 11 in) in exceptional cases. Eels have been important sources of food both as adults (including jellied eels of East London) and as glass eels. Glass-eel fishing using basket traps has been of significant economic value in many river estuaries on the wes
Antique illustration of the European eel. Vintage illustration of the European eel. Antique picture of the European eel. The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. They are normally around 60–80 cm (– ft) and rarely reach more than 1 m (3 ft 3 in), but can reach a length of up to m (4 ft 11 in) in exceptional cases. Eels have been important sources of food both as adults (including jellied eels of East London) and as glass eels. Glass-eel fishing using basket traps has been of significant economic value in many river estuaries on the western seaboard of Europe. While the species' lifespan in the wild has not been determined, captive specimens have lived over 80 years. A specimen known as "the Brantevik Eel" lived for 155 years in the well of a family home in Brantevik, a fishing village in southern Sweden.
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