There are about 800 species of eels that belong to eight suborders, 19 families and 111 genera. Eels are characterized by their elongated, wormlike bodies. Unlike most fish, eels do not have pelvic ...

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Trafficking of juvenile ‘glass’ eels from Europe to Asia generates up to €3bn a year but the species is on the brink of ...

The lying starts with their name. 1. Electric eels aren’t actually eels. They’re members of the knife fish family. 2. The critters are native to South American rivers, but they don’t spend all their ...

Remotely operated vehicle on a research dive captures close-up video of a beady-eyed gulper eel with a parasitic copepod permanently attached to its body. When you purchase through links on our site, ...