A cutthroat eel, or Ilyophis robinsae, swimming backward away from the bait. Screengrab from video shared by Priede and Jamieson (2025) Another type of fish, an abyssal grenadier or Coryphaenoides ...

Cody Pilachowski, a student at Mountain View School, looks at bugs the American eels would eat during a presentation by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service as part of a eels in the classroom project.