# ophichthidae geotria_australis teamfish scicomm eel anguilliformes noeel bulbonaricus_brauni syngnathidae venefica_tentaculata holopterygius_nudus

The Whiptail Gulper Eel is a species of saccopharyngid eel found in the eastern Pacific Ocean typically at depths of 2,000–3,000 m. They can reach up to almost a meter in length & possess a bioluminescent organ at the tips of their long tails.
https://t.co/ffT00MJwnb

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2022-08-28

The Dark-shouldered Snake Eel is an eel in the family  known from the Indo-Pacific: Myanmar to the Society Islands. It lives on reefs at depths of 2–15 m and burrows in mud and sand during the day. Males can reach up to 115 cm.
https://t.co/l1HnfE2c87

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2022-06-05

The Pouched Lamprey (#Geotria_australis) is a species of Southern Lamprey (Geotriidae) found in New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and southern Australia). They are parasitic as adults and grow up to 60 cm.
https://t.co/eGpwyn2HaI

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2022-01-23

It's time once again for game where you try to guess if the creature I share is a true in the order or just a sneaky imposter. Tweet your guess and I will revEEL the identity of this eely critter in 24 hours

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2021-11-27

Further study reveled this asymmetry was also internal and suggests these fishes probably lived primarily on their side like flatfishes. Thus this appears to be the first non-flatfish species known to have a completely blind, colorless side.
https://t.co/Xq8ginVcqi

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2021-06-20

OK, all you exceptional eels & elvers, it's time for the revEEL. This week's featured creature is a sneaky imposter. Meet Braun's Pughead Pipefish (#Bulbonaricus_brauni), a species belonging to the family
https://t.co/h1wBbwhDie

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2021-05-16

The Bobtail Snipe Eel has elongate jaws, a relatively short body for an eel, and a strangely shaped caudal fin. They reach a maximum length about 15 cm and can be found nearly globally at depths of 330 to 5,100 m.
https://t.co/zOnwKHu35S

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2021-05-02

can reach up to 90 cm and is known from the eastern central and northwestern Pacific Ocean, including Mexico, Nicaragua, Japan, and the United States at a depth range of 100 to 500 m.
https://t.co/iYKocLcFuy

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2021-04-25

Compared to living coelacanths was tiny, just 7 cm long, and reminds us that coelacanths were morphologically much more diverse in the past and were experimenting with an eel lifestyle long before true eels evolved hundreds of million years later.

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2021-01-24

OK, all you exceptional eels & elvers, it's time for the revEEL. This week's featured creature is a sneaky imposter or what I like to call a coEELacanth. Meet an eel-like coelacanth that lived in the mid-Devonian ~385 million years ago.

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2021-01-24

If you are longing for more eely content in your Twitter feed please note has a new home, , and new times. New episodes will drop at 8:00 AM CST each Saturday with the eely creature's reveal will be 24 hours later.

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2021-01-15