Wolf eel lifespan3/5/2023 Cannot hover in the water (lack a swim bladder) – they have to swim to stay off the bottomĬome visit the Aquarium to learn more about the wolf eel at Winter Fishtival. Crabs, sand dollars, sea urchins, crabs, snails, abalone, mussels, clams, fish Range.Are shy and retiring, in spite of their name and appearance.Do not have scales like most other fish –their scales are very small and imbedded in their skin giving them a leathery feel and appearance.Sometimes get “itchy” skin and can be seen swimming upside down rubbing their backs on rocks to scratch the itch.Have a thick slime coating on their skin that helps protect them (works like an immune system).Can live more than 20 years in an aquarium setting.These spots allow biologists to individually identify our different wolf eels at the aquarium. Each individual has a unique pattern of dark spots on its head and body.Octopus and wolf eels often compete for den space.Only one parent at a time will go out to feed. They are guarded by both parents who wrap themselves around the egg mass for protection. Female lays about 10,000 eggs in the den, which take between 13-16 weeks to mature and hatch.Inhabit dens, crevices and caves in the reefs.Gentle, slow-moving creatures and are often very friendly with divers.Females keep the younger looking more streamlined face and are typically a bit darker in color. Males are a lighter grey color and have a fat wrinkly face when reproductively mature – around five years old.Can grow up to eight feet long and have 200 spinal vertebrae.Jaws are powerful and equipped with 3 rows of molars across the roof of their mouth and 2 rows of molars on the bottom jaw – used like a nut cracker to crush hard foods like urchins, clams and crabs As wolf eels age, the bright colors dull and they become shades of grays and browns.Young are brick red with bright orange and purple highlights.Although these fish are very snakelike in appearance, they are actually fish. The most dangerous eel species is the conger. They live at depths of 66 to 1,640 feet in cold water as low as 30F to 52F (-1 to 11C). They commonly nest in small caves or nooks. ![]()
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