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Anguilla anguilla
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: CR - Critically Endangered - facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Anguillidae
- Genus
- Anguilla
Where to Find
Found in 23 diving areas across 12 countries and 2 regions.
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- Kornati Islands, Croatia - 241 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 241 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 1404 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 2800 records
- Corsica, France - 4 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 2 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 11 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 7 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 8 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 1 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 1 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 3 records
- Azores, Portugal - 1 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 58 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 4238 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 5 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 169 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 5 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 23 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 4 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 5 records