Researchers said they named the new species “cuulongensis” after the Vietnamese name “cửu long,” which means “nine dragons” and references the many mouths of the Mekong River where the new species ...

A snake eel with a fleshy mustache and sharp teeth caught in northeastern Taiwan is a new species, according to researchers. Snake eels, or Ophichthidae, are a family of eels made up of 361 ...

One of the earliest creatures with teeth were conodonts, an eel-like creature that first appeared around 500 million years ago. These creatures also have the record for the sharpest teeth, according ...

The eels were “common,” found at depths of about ... The new species was identified by its snout shape, body length and proportions, teeth, skeleton and other subtle physical features, the ...