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Monognathus, or onejaw, is the only genus of the family Monognathidae of deep-sea eels.The name comes from the Greek monos meaning "one" and gnathos meaning "jaw", a reference to the large mouth in comparison with the rest of the fish, and also the absence of an upper jaw (maxilla and premaxilla bones are absent).
Ophichthidae is a family of fish in the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek ophis ("serpent") and ichthys ("fish"). Snake eels are also burrowing eels. They are named for their physical appearance, as they have long, cylindrical, snake-like bodies. [2]
Nettastomatidae, the duckbill eels or witch eels are a family of eels. The name is from νῆττα ( Greek : duck ) and στόμα ( Greek : mouth ). Duckbill eels are found along the continental slopes of tropical and temperate oceans worldwide.
The snowflake eel has been known to live to 15 years and older in captivity. They are carnivores, readily accepting just about any meaty foods, including krill, shrimp, silversides and octopus meat. Unless already acclimated to frozen foods, the moray eel will likely need to be fed with live ghost shrimp when first acquired. Weaning can be ...
Ilyophinae, the arrowtooth ells or mustard eels, is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes belongiing to the family Synaphobranchidae, the cutthroat eels. Within its ...
Gymnothorax miliaris, the goldentail moray, bastard eel, [1] or conger moray, is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae. [2] Description.
Echiophis punctifer, the stippled spoon-nose eel, spoon-nose eel or snapper eel, [3] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [4] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1859. It is a marine , tropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean , including the Gulf of Mexico , Cuba , northern South America ...
European congers have an average adult length of 1.5 m (5 ft), a maximum known length of around 2.133 m (7 ft) (possibly up to 3 metres (9 ft 10 in) for the largest specimens), [2] and maximum weight of roughly 72 kg (159 lb), [3] making them the largest eels in the world by weight.