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Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Anguillidae
Species: Anguilla anguilla   ål
Cat No: NRM 8317. N=1
Determiner: Unknown
Length:
Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Unknown
Country: UNKNOWN COUNTRY State/Province: Unknown
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin:
Ocean:
Locality: No data. From the old collection. Oldest label written by C. Quensel during the period 1798-1806.
Field Number: KVA-QUENSEL
Leg: Unknown
Date: to 1806

Object remarks: Identification updated from Muraena anguilla. Oldest label mid-18th century label 'Muraena anguilla 1133. Svit. Ål' indicate presence in KVA collection at Quensel time; see Quensel's 1800 catalogue; 'svit.' possibly misspelled abbreviation for Svetiae(?; see Quensel 1800) indicating geographic origin Sweden; '1133' is Bloch's number/SIL 1997.
Locality remarks: Date of collecting and accession antedates 22 Aug 1806. Number on label (when present) is page number in Systema Naturae XIII and locality (when present) is taken from that paper.

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