Anguilla Collection

Young European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers, or glass eels, caught during their annual migration up rivers from the Bristol channel, swimming in a large holding tank at UK Glass Eels

Carribean, Anguilla Island, Road Bay Harbour

Anguilla anguilla, or Dublin Eel
Anguilla anguilla (Anguilla hibernica), or Dublin Eel, a freshwater eel. Date: 1865

Varieties of eel
Common eel, Muraena anguilla, gulper, Saccopharynx flagellum, electric eel, Gymnotus electricus, smallhead, Leptocephalus morrisii, sand eel, Ammodytes tobianus, cusk eel, Ophidium barbatum

Fish scales: cod, Gadus morhua 1, gudgeon, Gobio gobio 2, tench, Tinca tinca 3, eel, Anguilla anguilla 4 and perch
FLO4574094 Fish scales: cod, Gadus morhua 1, gudgeon, Gobio gobio 2, tench, Tinca tinca 3, eel, Anguilla anguilla 4 and perch, Perca fluviatilis 5

Largehead hairtail, seatbelt, Trichiurus lepturus, and zebra moray eel, gymnomurene circlee, Gymnomuraena zebra
FLO4645264 Largehead hairtail, seatbelt, Trichiurus lepturus, and zebra moray eel, gymnomurene circlee, Gymnomuraena zebra

Electric eel, electric gymnonote, Electrophorus electricus, banded knifefish, long-tailed carape, Gymnotus carapo
FLO4645259 Electric eel, electric gymnonote, Electrophorus electricus, banded knifefish, long-tailed carape, Gymnotus carapo

Snake eel, ophisure, sea snake, Ophisurus serpens, and European moray eel, blind Apterichthe, Muraena helena
FLO4645247 Snake eel, ophisure, sea snake, Ophisurus serpens, and European moray eel, blind Apterichthe, Muraena helena. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "

Black ghost, apteronote a front blanc, Apteronotus albifrons, and conger eel, leptocephale morrisien, Conger conger
FLO4645276 Black ghost, apteronote a front blanc, Apteronotus albifrons, and conger eel, leptocephale morrisien, Conger conger

Eel, murene eel, Anguilla anguilla, and Atlantic wolf-fish, anarrhic marine wolf (sea wolf), Anarhichas lupus
FLO4645279 Eel, murene eel, Anguilla anguilla, and Atlantic wolf-fish, anarrhic marine wolf (sea wolf), Anarhichas lupus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "

Young European eel (Anguilla anguilla) elvers, or glass eels, caught during their annual migration up rivers from the Bristol channel, swimming in a large holding tank at UK Glass Eels

Anguilla
Color satellite image of Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Eastern Caribbean

River lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis (Lampern or lesser lamprey, Petromyzon fluviatilis)
FLO4614318 River lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis (Lampern or lesser lamprey, Petromyzon fluviatilis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Small sandeel, sand launce or sand eel, Ammodytes tobianus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn
FLO4614162 Small sandeel, sand launce or sand eel, Ammodytes tobianus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Conger eel, Muraena conger. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of
FLO4613982 Conger eel, Muraena conger. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808

Eel (coloured engraving)
3630728 Eel (coloured engraving) by Specht, Friedrich (1839-1907); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eel. Illustration for Animal Life in Europe illustrated with coloured plates by F Specht)

The Eel (engraving)
2781049 The Eel (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Eel. Illustration for Chatterbox (1889).); © Look and Learn

The Pope Centenary Commemoration at Twickenham (engraving)
1595553 The Pope Centenary Commemoration at Twickenham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pope Centenary Commemoration at Twickenham)

Fishermen and sea creatures, 1st century AD (mosaic)
ALI75558 Fishermen and sea creatures, 1st century AD (mosaic) by Roman, (1st century AD); Casa di Menandro, Pompeii, Italy; Alinari

Jemmy Riddle (colour litho)
583742 Jemmy Riddle (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jemmy Riddle.); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Fishermen catching eels, Europe, 18th century
Fishermen catching eels in a net, while another spears one from a boat, Europe, 18th century. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish

Conger eel and European eel
Conger eel, Conger conger 65 and European eel, Anguilla anguilla 66. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

European eel, critically endangered, and turbot
European eel, Anguilla anguilla (Anguilla europea), critically endangered, and turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (Passer maximus)

Sharp-nosed eel, Anguilla anguilla
Sharp-nosed eel, Anguilla Anguilla. Date: 1842

A swimming champion attacked by a sea monster (colour litho)
2779904 A swimming champion attacked by a sea monster (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A swimming champion attacked by a sea monster)

Lavoriero, engin pour prendre les anguilles, dans la lagune de Comacchio (engraving)
3644285 Lavoriero, engin pour prendre les anguilles, dans la lagune de Comacchio (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lavoriero)

Sombrero, One of the Leeward Islands, in the Caribbean Sea (engraving)
1610438 Sombrero, One of the Leeward Islands, in the Caribbean Sea (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sombrero, One of the Leeward Islands)

American eel (Anguilla rostrata) in a spring-fed cave, Florida, USA

Eel-spearing (engraving)
5212879 Eel-spearing (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eel-spearing. Illustration for The British Hive and Its Working Bees by H C Miall Smith (Isbister)

Snigling Eels from a bridge (engraving)
3625364 Snigling Eels from a bridge (engraving) by Sullivan, Edmund Joseph (1869-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Snigling Eels from a bridge)

Interieur d une fabrique d anguilles marinees, a Comacchio (engraving)
3644287 Interieur d une fabrique d anguilles marinees, a Comacchio (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interieur d une fabrique d anguilles marinees)

An Eel-fisher on the Bure, Norfolk (colour litho)
2794217 An Eel-fisher on the Bure, Norfolk (colour litho) by Cooper, Alfred Heaton (1864-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Eel-fisher on the Bure, Norfolk)

French freshwater fish (colour litho)
971898 French freshwater fish (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French freshwater fish)

A Cruise on the Norfolk Broads (engraving)
1614494 A Cruise on the Norfolk Broads (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Cruise on the Norfolk Broads)

Aquarium (colour litho)
3630338 Aquarium (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aquarium. Illustration from Meyers Konversations-Lexicon, c1895.); © Look and Learn

Fight between a heron and an eel (engraving)
728623 Fight between a heron and an eel (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fight between a heron and an eel)

Orders of fish
6338794 Orders of fish by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Orders of fish. Red mullet, Mullus barbatus, blue gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus, carp, Cyprinus carpio, merling)

Still Life: Fish (oil on canvas)
996198 Still Life: Fish (oil on canvas) by Fabritius, Johannes (1636-93); 110.5x150.5 cm; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada; © Art Gallery of Ontario; Purchase, Laidlaw Foundation, 1966

Pisces, hand-colored lithograph, published in 1880
1) Pilot fish (Naucrates ducto), 2) Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus brevirostris), 3) Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus), 4) Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), 5 Freshwater eel (Anguilla)

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WEST INDIES, Anguilla Rural housing

Anguilla anguilla, or Broad-Nosed Eel
Anguilla anguilla (Anguilla latirostris), or Broad-Nosed Eel, a freshwater eel. Date: 1865

Man relaxing on the world class Shoal Bay East beach, Anguilla, British Oversea territory, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

World class Shoal Bay East beach, Anguilla, British Oversea territory, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Anguilla anguilla, or Sharp-Nosed Eel
Anguilla anguilla (Anguilla acutirostris), or Sharp-Nosed Eel, a freshwater eel. Date: 1865

Sharp-Nosed Eel and Broad-Nosed Eel
Sharp-Nosed Eel (Anguilla anguilla, Anguilla acutirostris), and Broad-Nosed Eel (Anguilla anguilla, Anguilla latirostris). Date: 1879

Turquoise waters and whites sand on the world class Shoal Bay East beach, Anguilla, British Oversea territory, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Sun loungers on world class Shoal Bay East beach, Anguilla, British Oversea territory, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Picture No. 11051707
European Eel Freshwaters prior to migrating to the sea to breed Date:

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"Discover the Enchanting Anguilla: A Paradise for Eels and Beach Lovers" Nestled in the turquoise waters of the Caribbean lies Anguilla, an island paradise known for its breathtaking beauty and vibrant marine life. One of its most fascinating inhabitants is the young European eel, also known as elvers or glass eels (Anguilla anguilla). These elusive creatures can be spotted in Road Bay Harbour, gracefully gliding through the crystal-clear waters. As you stroll along Shoal Bay East beach, considered one of the world's finest, you'll be mesmerized by its pristine white sands and azure waves. This idyllic stretch is a British Overseas Territory in the West Indies and offers a tranquil escape from everyday life. The history intertwines with ancient civilizations. From Assyrians triumph depicted in Kouyunjik monuments to Publius Vedius Pollio feeding his lamprey eels captured in engravings from Les Merveilles de la Science published around 1870, these glimpses into past cultures add depth to this enchanting destination. Not only do eels take center stage here; other remarkable fish species thrive within Anguilla's coastal waters. The Broad-Nosed Eel (Anguilla anguilla) showcases its elegance as it navigates through underwater landscapes teeming with life. Edward Donovan's Natural History of British Fishes provides vivid illustrations capturing their beauty during early exploration. For those seeking ultimate relaxation on this captivating island, picture yourself reclining on Shoal Bay East beach while basking under warm tropical rays. As a British Overseas Territory, it offers an unparalleled experience where tranquility meets luxury. Whether you're captivated by the mysterious allure of elvers or yearning for sun-kissed moments on pristine shores, Anguilla promises an unforgettable journey into nature's wonders.