ribbon eel

[AniaR]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i32_wVVgPB0

[Mermaid Lorelei]

I just saw these at the aquarium today. They're so beautiful. :>

[Merman Dan]

You ought to see them as babies, a leptocephalus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptocephalus) (the flat and transparent larva of the eel, marine eels, and other members of the Superorder Elopomorpha):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee7lhNOCGhY

The ribbon eel is the only moray eel that is protandric (organisms that are born male and at some point in their lifespan change sex to female).

[Kanti]

Bah I love ribbon eels!
I actually did a project on them for my senior year of marine biology class! They're really cool :')