APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common, River or Silver eel (Seafish)
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Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- under stone / Newlyn 1
Anguilla anguilla
- under stone / Newlyn 1
Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- under stone / Newlyn 2
Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- under stone / Newlyn 3
Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- under stone / Newlyn 4
Specimens above were found on low spring tides under rocks in Newlyn Harbour, Newlyn, Cornwall, 28.02.13 and 04.09.20.
Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- head 1
Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- head 2
Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- head 3
Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- top view 1
Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- head underwater 1
Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- head underwater 2
Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- head underwater 3
Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- elver 1
Common, River or Silver eel
Anguilla anguilla
- elver 2
Images of species taken near the Ballast Pond at Torpoint, Cornwall, 02.02.06; in stream above beach at Porth Nanven, near St. Just, Cornwall, 05.11.11 (elvers); and also at the Marine Biological Association's Bioblitz Event 2011 at Barn Pool, Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Cremyll, Cornwall. 01.10.11.
Scientific and European Names:
Anguilla anguilla, European eel, Common eel, River eel, Silver eel, Aal of Paling, Anguille d'Europe, Anguila, Anguela.
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.