Gulper+Eel

The Gulper Eel is one of the most bizarre creatures in the deep sea, due to its mouth. Its mouth in fact is even bigger than its whole entire body. The jaw is loosely hinged which can eat animals much bigger than its body. The Gulper Eel’s stomach is known to expand by great sizes, because the eel swallows prey hole, thus the name Gulper Eel. The Gulper Eel is very different from other eels, because it has small eyes and a whip like body with a gigantic head. Also the Gulper Eel is bioluminescent, like many other deep sea fish. The Gulper Eel can grow up to 6 feet long and is usually black and green with white dorsal fins. Despite its large mouth the Gulper Eel eats small crustaceans, and only uses its mouth to catch larger prey when food is scarce. Not much is known about the breeding habits of the Gulper Eel, but we do know that when the male matures his sexual organs increase while the female stays the same, we also think the Gulper Eel dies soon after mating. The Gulper Eel is found in all of the world’s tropics and lives in depths up to 6,000 ft. Home Page