#snipe eels

[anguilliforme]

Have you ever seen an eel irl? Don't they have funny little teeth?

my eel brain actually started with me volunteering to assist on an eel feed at the pūkaha wildlife centre. knee-deep in large, writhing beasts trying to get at the food in my hands, i fell in love.

you're right, the longfin eels teeth are so small! you've got to look really close because it kinda looks like it's just a rough texture:

but that isn't the only type of eel teeth! Viper eels have a pretty iconic set of teeth

they feed on slippery critters so need some good grippers, while a moray like the snowflake eel which eats more crustaceans will have flatter teeth for crushing:

snipe eels have backwards facing teeth! you might have to squint to see these because theyre so tiny, but they function similar to a pythons- once you get in it'll be incredibly damaging to get out!

[marinememes]

Snipe eel is the perfect name for that thing

[pillarsalt]

[fish-daily]

Hello!!! If you're looking for more fish suggestions, how about a snipe eel? (Nature's shoelace)

fish 310 - snipe eel

[cryptidwithacopiccollection]

Could I politely ask for Ron elite for the mermay thing pretty please?

One Ron Deelite for you

[marshland-parlour-cat]

The pixel artist Neorice (https://x.com/neoriceisgood) has made a huge collection of marine life. I emailed him a while back asking if I could upload some of my favourites to my tumblr blog (crediting him of course), and he said I could.

[cheetahtrout]

I missed Eel day like an absolute doofus! So this sundayfishsketch I make up for it. Have these two very underappreciated anguilliformes: Neocyema erythrosoma (orange) Cyema atrum (green) the bobtail snipe eels

[dougdimmadodo]

Slender Snipe Eel (Nemichthys scolopaceus)

Family: Snipe Eel Family (Nemichthyidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Unassessed

Named for its elongated jaws that resemble the beak of a snipe, the Slender Snipe Eel is an illusive and poorly understood fish, with most of what is known about it coming from a handful of brief encounters with live individuals (although the remains of this species are frequently found in the stomachs of larger fish caught by fishers.) Found in non-polar waters worldwide, it inhabits the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zone (at depths of 200-4,000m/656-13123ft) and feeds on swimming crustaceans which it catches using a series of tiny teeth that line its long, curved jaws. Although adults of this species may grow to be up to 1.3 meters (4ft) long, their extremely slender body means that they weigh less than 100 grams (3.5 ounces), with their thin, lightweight bodies possibly being an adaptation that makes them harder for prey and predators such as tunas (some species of which may dive to great depths to hunt snipe eels) to detect in the darkness of their deepwater home. Slender Snipe Eels are believed to reproduce through broadcast spawning (meaning they release gametes freely into the water without finding a mate, with the gametes meeting in the water) and die after mating; their larvae, bizarrely, begin their lives with broad, leaf-shaped bodies and “slim down” as they age. The spine of a Slender Snipe Eel contains as many as 750 vertebrae, which vastly surpasses the number seen in any other vertebrate (for reference, humans have just 33 and even Blue Whales, the longest vertebrates, have at most 65.)

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Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67619-Nemichthys-scolopaceus

[haunternova]

:V

[pad-wubbo]

"Rainbow Deepsea Duck"

Infinite Painter.

The pale snipe eel. The real-life Rayquaza. Beautiful thing. Shame it's not actually rainbow-coloured.

CC-BY-SA 4.0

[nyxthedragon225]

obvious disclaimer: these are not all the deep sea fish in the world, just the ones i personally think would be cool. I am biased.

pictures below. warning, some of these are some disturbing and ugly mfs /aff

coelacanth

dragonfish

sperm whale

firefly squid

nautilus

anglerfish

snipe eel

vampire squid

sixgill shark

plus some more if u want!

[canidaedreams64]

hal birthclod if he was an eel

[yohannahgoldkamp]

Mermay 1 - Snipe Eel

[ordinarytalk]

I see a creature that looks like a wet shoelace and I hit reblog immediately

Shoutout to snipe eels

They look like they got ran through an image distortion program, like one of those distorted cat images

Edit: why is this my most banger post?

[chaoyte]

thinking about how much i dislike realistic pokemon art again bc. almost every fucking time someone does something stupid like make gorebyss a dolphin

[olivia-anderson-fanfic]

My dumbest TWST headcanons

Yuu: everyone has forgotten their name and preferred pronouns. No one is willing to ask after so long, hence everyone calling them 'prefect' all the time

Grim: he is the reason why no dorm has tried to get Yuu to transfer in. They simply do not want him and unfortunately they are a package deal

Riddle: cannot handle spice. He ate a bell pepper once and started sobbing incoherently. Bell peppers are notoriously non-spicy

Trey: has mom hands in that he can handle hot plates without even flinching because he has permanently ruined the nerve endings in his hands from all of the times he's handled hot baking trays without mitts

Cater: has only like 7 Magicam followers because, as fun as his tags are, they aren't great for the algorithm

Deuce: has been told "that's unfortunate" multiple times after introducing himself. Does not understand why. No one tell him.

Ace: the type to never wait for his food to finish cooling. He burns his tongue at least once a day. He will never learn. Nor will he ever actually taste anything he puts in his mouth. Uses this for bets ("bet you that I can eat *insert the most disgusting concoction ever*" "don't...")

Leona: the entire school has a group chat devoted to the most insane places they've found Leona sleeping. Nothing has managed to top the time someone spotted him curled up in a cauldron that the first years were about to use for Alchemy. (Ruggie has tried to bribe his way into this group chat multiple times but everyone is too scared of Leona to give it to him)

Ruggie: the type to dump trauma on you without realizing it's messed up. Jack asked him once "Where'd you get that" and pointed to a scar and Ruggie was like "oh yeah that's from the time a guy stabbed me" and Jack has never asked him anything since

Jack: complains constantly about how big his tail is because it keeps wagging and giving away his tsundere-ness. Wants a little tail he can stuff into his pant legs to hide it

Azul: his glasses are fake. He thinks they make him look intimidating

Jade: will make fun of people for yawning in front of him. ("Scandalous" "????") He refuses to explain

Floyd: bites people he likes. Moray eel bites can cause paralysis and even beyond that his teeth are wicked sharp. This has caused several misunderstandings in his life

Kalim: everyone know's he's coming because all of his jewelry clink against each other. Like a cat with a bell on its collar. There is a betting ring about whether Jamil planned for this or if it's just how Kalim is that has spread schoolwide

Jamil: has absolutely responded to Kalim saying "Treat spiders the way you want to be treated" with "Killed without hesitation". Unironically

Vil: has accidentally cursed his own food several times. Never anything serious, but you would think it was with the expression of utter horror on his face every time

Rook: is the one in class to deal with bugs. He will pull a hairband out of his pocket (saved for this very occasion, or in the horrible case that Vil's hair tie might snap) and snipe the bug out of midair

Epel: constantly tries to get away with breaking rules right under Vil's nose. Out of spite. He has yet to succeed, but insists he WILL. One day. He will not

Idia: has lamented sending his tablet to class several times because he can't play some of his favorite games when it's away. Does not seem to realize that he would not be able to play those games while in class anyways

Ortho: has programmed idle animations

Malleus: his horns constantly hit the top of doorways. The entire room will go very quiet when this happens because they're scared if they breathe they will laugh and they Can Not Laugh At Malleus Draconia

Lilia: upon finding out his true age, the first question he is always asked is how his cooking is seriously "like that"

Silver: will wake up, find a miscellaneous animal sleeping on him, and go back to sleep because he would rather die than wake up the poor thing

Sebek: banned from the school library. There is no librarian so it literally doesn't change anything there's no one to enforce it but he still won't go in on principle

Crowley: has submitted a tax form with simply the word "No" on it. Is not sure why it didn't work

Crewel: messed up a potion once in front of a class. Swore everyone to secrecy about it. It is the only secret that has not spread through the school

Trein: has been called by his cat's name more than once

Vargas: students are often late to things because "Coach Vargas is hunting students for sport again :( ughhhh"

Sam: will trip students he doesn't like over 'loose floorboards'