Description
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Reference |
IB0819 |
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Category |
Fishes |
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Family Name |
Pelican Eels - EURYPHARYNGIDAE |
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Common Name |
Pelican Eel |
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Scientific Name |
Eurypharynx pelecanoides |
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Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
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Notes |
The single species in this family is found worldwide, in deep water from 500 m to as deep as 7000 m. It is one of the strangest of all fishes. The Pelican Eel is believed to use its enormous mouth as a fishing net to capture small pelagic fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans such as shrimps and copepods.The Eel grows to about 75 cm in length. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |
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