Ecology and evolution of migration in the freshwater eels of the genus Anguilla Schrank, 1798

This season, the first fishing boat sailed out of Huizen with boxes full of wriggling fish, to throw them overboard. The idea is that the survivors will grow into adult eels in eight to ten years, which – unless they end up in the fish shop – will provide new offspring.

Ecology and evolution of migration in the freshwater eels of the genus Anguilla Schrank, 1798

Scientists have long sought to uncover the secrets of the migration of anguillid eels, genus Anguilla. As catadromous fishes, anguillid eels spend mos…