Eel (disambiguation)

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An eel is a fish in the order of Anguilliformes.

Eel or eels may also refer to:

Aviation

• Entwicklung und Erprobung von Leichtflugzeugen, a German aircraft design concern based in Putzbrunn, known as EEL

Biology

Amphibians

• Congo eel, amphibians of the genus Amphiuma (order Caudata)
• Siren intermedia or two-legged eel or mud eel
• Rubber eel, an aquatic caecilian of the family Typhlonectidae (order Gymnophiona)

Ray-finned fish

• Electric Eel, a species of knifefish in the order of Gymnotiformes
• Deep-Sea Spiny Eels, a common name for fish in the family Notacanthidae, order Notacanthiformes
• Fire eel
• Spiny Eel

Food

• Eel (food), the flesh of true eels as eaten by humans

Places

• Eel Glacier, Washington state, United States
• Eel Pie Island, an island in the River Thames
• Eel River (disambiguation)
• Eel Township, Cass County, Indiana

People

People with the nickname include:

• Camille Henry (1933-1997), "The Eel", Canadian hockey player
• "Eric the Eel" or Eric Moussambani, Equatorial Guinean swimmer

Abbreviations

• EEL (Extensible Embeddable Language), a scripting and programming language
• EEL, Environmentally Endangered Lands, a wildland conservation program in Brevard County, Florida
• EELS, Electron energy loss spectroscopy

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Eel (comics), a comic book supervillain character
• Eel (G.I. Joe), a set of fictional characters in the G.I. Joe universe
• The Eel (fictional character), a pulp fiction character
• Patrick "Eel" O'Brian, real name of Plastic Man, a comic book superhero

Other art, entertainment, and media

• Eels (band), a musical group
• "Eels" (The Mighty Boosh), a 2007 episode of The Mighty Boosh
• The Eel (film), a 1997 Japanese movie by Shohei Imamura

Military

• USS Eel (SS-354), a projected United States Navy submarine

Sports

• Parramatta Eels, a Rugby League club

See also

• EAL (disambiguation)
• Eelpouts, fish of the family Zoarcidae unrelated to true eels