The European Eel [2]
The European Eel (Anguilla anguilla)
Face value: 2 pln
Alloy: (CuAl5Zn5Sn1) NG
Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 8.15 g
Finish: standard
Mintage: 450000 pcs
On the edge: an inscription, NBP, repeated eight times, every second one inverted by 180 degrees, separated by stars
Additional: no
Date of issue: 2003-02-05
Issue price: 2 pln
Designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska
Designer: Ewa Tyc-Karpińska
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The eel is an ordinary and well known fish but its habits are quite unusual and mysterious. The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is the only representative of the eel family (Anguillidae) in the eel-shaped (Anguili-formes) order to occur in Poland. Its close relatives, 15 other eel species, in the majority dwell in the warm seas. Among them there are such giants like morays and eel congers which length reaches 3 m and weight nearly 100 kg. Biologically, the closest to our European eel are two other inland species - the American eel (Anguilla rostrata) and the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica). The last-mentioned is bred in Japan in pond-farms. There is not however any affinity with the electric eel which belongs to a completely different group of fishes.
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