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Anguilla anguilla
| CMS Instruments | CMS |
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| IUCN Status | Critically endangered |
| Date of entry in Appendix II | 2014 |
| Countries | Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom (including Gibraltar, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey) |
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| English | European eel; Common eel; River eel; Weed eel |
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| French | Angèle; Anguille d'Europe; Anguille européenne; Anguille jaune; Civelle; Leptocéphale |
| Spanish | Anguila; Anguila europea |
| German | Europäischer Aal |
| Class | Pisces (Actinopterygii) |
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| Order | Anguilliformes |
| Family | Anguillidae |
| Scientific name | Anguilla anguilla |
| Author | Linnaeus 1758 |