Eel (disambiguation)

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Eel or eels may refer to:

Contents 1 In biology 2 In fiction 3 In music 4 Acronyms and abbreviations 5 Other uses 6 See also

[edit] In biology

• Eel, a common name for members of the order of fish Anguilliformes
• Electric Eel, another species of fish (not a member of the Anguilliformes)
• Deep-Sea Spiny Eels, a common name for the family Notacanthidae and its members
• Spiny Eel, Tiretrack Eel, or Fire Eel, common fish of the family Mastacembelidae
• Congo eel, amphibians of the genus Amphiuma
• Two-Legged Eel or Mud Eel, common names of Siren intermedia, an eel-like amphibian
• Rubber eel, a common name for aquatic caecilians of family Typhlonectidae

[edit] 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.

[edit] In music

• Eels (band), a musical group with an ever changing list of players
• 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• EAL