Eels (Anguilliformes)

Eels (Anguilliformes) are one order of fish Actinopterygii. People often wrongly think that is a snake eel. Although shaped like a snake, eel is a fish. They have gills instead of lungs like a snake. There are 600 species of true eels, ranging from moray, eel Conger to snakes. The colors are also various kinds, ranging from gray to yellow. His body has no scales. Instead, their skin is covered by mucous membrane. Eel mucus to protect the body from parasites as well as grease the thick muscles. Eels have no pectoral and pelvic fins. Even so, they have anal and dorsal fins are long, which led to a short tail fin. Very poor senses of sight, hence greater reliance on olfactory eel. As a predator, eels has 27 teeth. Lower jaw has only one row of teeth, while the upper jaw has two rows of teeth. The trick is to attack their prey by hiding under a cave or hollow section on coral reefs. Here he peered wait prey. At night, the prey through, and the eel was immediately caught with his mouth. He was biting his prey to death. After that, the eel squeezing its prey with powerful muscles. Prey to be crushed and flattened. That massive eel muscle function. To crush prey. Once the prey was crushed, then prey may enter into the digestive tract. And he enjoyed his meal.


Here are 4 cool eels


1. Moray Hijau (Gymnothorax funebris)



Green moray living in the Caribbean Sea at a depth of 8 to 60meters. It weighs about 29 kg and can reach 2.5 meters long.Moray hunt their prey at night and to track prey by smell. He was hiding in the coral reefs waiting for prey. Although nottoxic, he feared by divers because of its bite can causesevere injury.

2. Conger (Conger conger)


Conger (credit: Aqua Photography)

  Must be repeated three times his name. Well, Conger eel is akind of sea which is very similar to the freshwater eel. The difference in size is greater. There are 100 species ofConger in the ocean, and the average weight of 65 kg with alength of 2.7 meters.

  3. Moray Salju (Echidna nebulosa)


Belut Salju (credit: Wet Web Media)

  Eels are slow growing. Need two years for him to adulthood.Weighing only about 24 kg with a body length of 80 cm. turnsdark brown body with yellow.

  4. Belut Pita Biru (Rhinomuraena quaesita)


Belut Pita Biru (credit: Starfish)

Living in the Indian and Pacific oceans. This eel prey on smallfish. Females have a yellow dorsal fin. Her body has twocolors. Blue ribbon eel weight around 3.6 kg and a length of 1 meter.