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Saccopharynx ampullaceus, referred to as the gulper eel, gulper, taillight gulper or pelican-fish, is an ocean-dwelling eel found in the North Atlantic Ocean. They are found up to a depth of 3,000 m (9,800 ft). These fish are rarely observed, so little information is currently known about their habits or full distribution.
The pelican eel has been described by many synonyms, yet nobody has been able to demonstrate that more than one species of pelican eel exists. It is also referred to as the gulper eel (which can also refer to members of the related genus Saccopharynx), pelican gulper, and umbrella-mouth gulper.
9 de dez. de 2019 · Gulper eels are part of the order Anguilliformes, which contains 800 species of eels. They have a long, narrow body and a huge mouth that can scoop up water and prey whole. Learn more about these rare and unusual deep-sea creatures.
Learn about the bizarre and mysterious gulper eels, deep-sea creatures with huge mouths and pelican-like pouches. Discover their bioluminescence, diet, habitat, reproduction and more.
Saccopharynx is a genus of deep-sea eels with large mouths, distensible stomachs and long, scaleless bodies. Commonly, these fish are called gulpers or gulper eels. It is the only genus in the family Saccopharyngidae, and is part of the derived lineage of the "saccopharyngiforms," which includes other mid-water
Learn about the gulper eel, a bizarre deep sea creature with a huge mouth that can swallow prey much larger than itself. Find out how it uses its light-producing tail, what it eats, and how it reproduces.
21 de set. de 2018 · September 21, 2018. • 2 min read. A team of oceanographers watching a deep-sea rover’s camera never saw this coming: a young gulper eel performing fluid acrobatics for the lens. The reactions...
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