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The
Gulper Eel
It lives at depths of 5000 to 9000 feet (1500 to 2750
m). It is a long, bony fish. This is found in all oceans
in warm and tropical waters.
Body :
Its
body is not very powerfully built. The Gulper is about 2
feet (0.6 m) extended on regular. It has small eyes and
a small, reddish light at the tilt of the tail. The
pathetic fins are joined and extend over the whole body.
The scales covering the body are tiny; there are over a
hundred scales per square inch of skin.
Food:
This
fish eats other
fish,
shrimp
and
plankton.
It gets its victim by acting like a living net, swimming
onto the victim with a large, open mouth. It can eat
prey that is larger than itself, but generally doesn't.
Class:
Osteichthyes (bony
fish), Subclass Actinopterygii
(ray-finned fish),
Order Anguilliformes (true eels),
Family Saccopharyngidae (Eurypharyngidae), Genus
Eurypharynx, species E. pelecanoides.
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