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Gulper Eel

Eurypharynx pelecanoides

 

Eurypharynx= "wide pharynx"

Pelecanoides= pelican like throat

 

http://acs.pha.jhu.edu/~jpb/gifs/GulperEel.jpg

 

 

 

 

Physical Characteristics:

*  Very Bizarre Appearance

*  Huge mouth with Unhinged Jaw

*  2-6 feet Long

*  Long thin tail making up 3/4 of  its body

*  Flabby body

*  Patchy brown to black in color

*  Some have thin white lines that run the length of their bodies

*Learn More about The Gulper eel's Habitat

 
   

This page was created by Marissa Rattray

Created April 2007

University of Wisconsin La-Crosse

Organismal Biology