Eel (disambiguation)

Eel or eels may refer to:

In biology

Ray-finned fish:

* True eels, fish in the order of Anguilliformes
* 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
* Spiny Eel, Tiretrack Eel, or Fire Eel, common fish of the family Mastacembelidae, order Synbranchiformes

Amphibians

* Congo eel, amphibians of the genus "Amphiuma" (order Caudata)
* Two-Legged Eel or Mud Eel, common names of "Siren intermedia", an eel-like amphibian (order Caudata)
* Rubber eel, a common name for aquatic caecilians of the family Typhlonectidae (order Gymnophiona) or the more common .. SLIMY eel!

In fiction

* The Eel (fictional character), a pulp fiction character.
* Eel (comics), a comic book supervillain character
* "The Eel (Japanese film)", a 1997 movie directed by Shohei Imamura
* "Eels", a 2007 episode of the British television comedy series "The Mighty Boosh"
* "The Eel (Short Film)", An experimental short film by British film maker Dominic Hailstone.

In music

* Eels (band), a musical group
* "The Eel", one of the Gorilla Bites that were used to promote the first Gorillaz album
* EeL, a Japanese musician who has appeared in beatmania IIDX

Acronyms and abbreviations

* EEL (Extensible Embeddable Language), a scripting and programming language intended for hard real time applications
* EELS (e-learning), EduVision E-Learning System, a Digital Divide program by EduVision
* Electron energy loss spectroscopy, often abbreviated as "EELS"
* The Eazel Extensions Library is a collection of widgets and extensions to many modules of the GNOME platform

Other uses

* Parramatta Eels Rugby League Club
* Eel Pie Island in the River Thames
* Several rivers named Eel River
* Eric Moussambani, Equatorial Guinean swimmer, nicknamed "The Eel"
* USS Eel (SS-354), a projected United States Navy submarine

ee also

*EAL