Gulper Eel
Eurypharynx pelecanoides
A pelican-sized mouth unfolds from a ribbon body.
The gulper eel looks like a dark ribbon ending in an enormous scoop-shaped mouth. It can open that mouth wide and balloon its throat when food appears.
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From field guide to game table
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- 2 copies
Ready-to-play deck
Darkness Shroud Deck
Includes 2 cards featuring Gulper Eel.
Quick dive
Creature passport
- Home
- It drifts through tropical and temperate oceans worldwide, mostly 500 to 3,000 meters deep.
- Favorite foods
- It eats crustaceans, fishes, and cephalopods drifting through deep midwater.
- Size check
- Up to about 3.3 ft (1 m)—golf-club length
Tell-your-friends facts
Four wonderfully wild things
- 1
The lower jaw can make up about one-quarter of its total length.
- 2
A light-producing organ glows at the tip of its long tail.
- 3
Its scaleless skin is ultra-black and reflects very little light.
- 4
Despite the huge mouth, its teeth and eyes are quite small.
Ocean superpower
Built to be amazing
Its loose jaws and expandable throat turn into a giant living net.
Junior scientist tip
What should I look for?
Find the enormous pouch mouth, tiny eyes, and thread-like glowing tail.
Grown-up research links
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