Eels, common, or european, Anguilla Anguilla, held a spectacular migraciÃ3n in that cover about 8,000 kilÃ3metros, from Europe to the Sargasso sea, near the Bermuda islands.
In the place of these fish lay their eggs and the larvae that are born of them, called leptocéphalli, are virtually transparent.
they go back to the Old Continent and penetrate into the rivers. Then, they undergo remarkable changes physical and, with time, they acquire the size and appearance of their elders.
Very Interesting to mention that there are many details still unknown on the journey that follow these animals.
Now, a team of researchers from various european institutions have presented the results of a thorough study on this species, in which they have worked more than ten year±os.
When just measuring two centÃmetros, the crÃas of the eels, that is, the eels, traveling from the Sargasso sea to the rivers europeans, where they live between five and twenty years.
In that time they become adult, but before they undergo two metamorphoses. When reaching maturity, returning to the above-mentioned regiÃ3n of the atlantic to spawn.
To determine this, the cientÃficos, placed transmitters to 707 copies already grown.
“We have discovered that they follow a routine when you move. By the day they move in the depths and, at night, continúan your trip in waters less deep”, indicates LobÃ3n-Cervià it.
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