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Ensayo descriptivo de los peces de agua dolce que habitan en la provincia de Valencia
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Die Süsswasserfische der Österreichischen Monarchie, mit Rücksicht auf die angränzenden Länder.
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Systematische beschrijving der voor ons meest belangrijke visschen
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Göteborgs och Bohusläns fauna, ryggradsdjuren
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Catalogue of apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum
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Les poissons dese eaux douces de la France
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General zoology or systematic natural history ...
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Indice d'ittiologia siciliana ossia catalogo metodico dei nomi latini : italiani, e siciliani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale eseguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione di alcuni nuovi pesci siciliani. Ill Opuscolo del signore C.S. Rafinesque Schmaltz
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
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Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).
Eel (Anguilla vulgaris, synonym of Anguilla anguilla)
H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Cervais & Boulart)
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Baltic sea
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black Sea
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Scheldt estuary
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oostende
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Westerschelde
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - British Isles
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Grevelingen
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - IJsselmeer
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Oosterschelde
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Sas van Goes
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Voordelta
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Wimereux
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Zeeschelde
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Azores Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Polish Exclusive Economic Zone
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Chinese part of the Eastern China Sea
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Chinese part of the South China Sea
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Chinese part of the Yellow Sea
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region I (Arctic)
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region II (Greater North Sea)
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region III (Celtic Seas)
Distribution for Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - OSPAR Region IV (Bay of Biscay/Golfe de Gascogne & Iberian coasts)
Alien
Species introduced by man into places out of their natural range of distribution
Not specified
A species whose 'invasiveness' has not been specified in its introduced range. The species is known to be present and has been reported but there is no comment on its invasiveness
Established
Species that have become established in their introduced range