European eel, common eel (Anguilla anguilla) Title	Die Gartenlaube, 1874
Publisher	Ernst Keil
Year of publication	1874
Place of publication	Leipzig
Language	German
Description	
Bild aus Seite 120 in "Die Gartenlaube". Image from page 120 of journal Die Gartenlaube, 1874.
Deutsch: Bildunterschrift: „Vergrößerter Aal-Embryo.“
English: caption: "Vergrößerter Aal-Embryo."
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Die_Gartenlaube_(1874)_b_120.jpg
The European eel or common eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is one of 19 species in their genus, found in the Northern Atlantic south to Mauritius, the Mediterranean, North and Baltic Seas and the rivers that feed into these ocean bodies.