🐟European eel
Den europæiske ål (Anguilla anguilla), også blot kaldet ålen, tilhører gruppen af ålefisk Anguilliformes, der kendetegnes ved en slank slangelignende form og små brystfinner. Den er én blandt 18 arter i familien Anguillidae. Ålen er katadrom, det vil sige, at den udklækkes i saltvand, lever det meste af sit liv i ferskvand og vandrer tilbage til saltvand for at gyde. Normalt når voksne ål en størrelse på 60-80 centimeter, men i særlige tilfælde kan de nå op til 150 centimeter. Den findes i floder, åer, bække og søer langs Europas og Nordafrikas kyster.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 3.63 kg
- Body length
- 0.35 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 88 years
Everything we know about the European eel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3.63 kgrecord 6.6 kg · FishBaseAnAgeOther figures ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
By sex
- Female2.85 kgFishBasev25.04
Body length0.35 mrecord 1.22 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
By sex
- Female1.33 mFishBasev25.04
Maximum lifespan88 yearsrecord 23 years · FishBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic level3.55FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.55 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3.6 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for European eel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderAnguilliformes
- ›familyAnguillidae
- ›genusAnguilla
- ›speciesAnguilla anguilla
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- superorderElopomorpha
- familyAnguillidae
- genusAnguilla
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- superorderElopomorpha
- familyAnguillidae
- genusAnguilla
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